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NCT Number: NCT01214460

Impact of Medical Emergency Team and EMS in Tampere University Hospital

Patients in general wards have abnormal physical values preceding in-hospital cardiac arrest or a transfer to intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of Medical Emergency Team (MET) or EMS is to interfere early enough in deteriorating patient status to prevent adverse outcomes like cardiac arrest or transfer to intensive care unit. The aims of this study are to record and analyze the effects of EMS and department of emergency and both afferent and efferent limbs of MET activity in Finnish tertiary Hospital.

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Key information

Conditions

Death, Sudden,Cardiac Cardiovascular Diseases Death Death, Sudden Death, Sudden, Cardiac Heart Arrest Heart Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Tampere University Hospital

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33521, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 yrs or older

Exclusion criteria

  • under 18 yrs

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. In-hospital mortality

    Time frame: patients are followed until death

Secondary outcomes

  1. The rates of ICU readmissions

    Time frame: one month to six year

  2. The rates of DNAR orders

    Time frame: one month to six year

  3. The number of patients EMS or medical emergency team is called to treat

    Time frame: one month to six years

    We are going to analyze the number of MET calls and their impact on sudden cardiac arrests in TAUH. The time frame is 1st Jan 2010 -31st Dec 2015. It is known fact that well working MET team inside the hospital should decrease the sudden cardiac arrests. We also analyze the EMS calls and the ED visits in June 2015 to see if patient detoriation is related to sudden in-hospital death.

  4. Patient mortality after 6 mo of discharge

    Time frame: one month to six year

    The patients are followed 6 mo after hospital discharge which has happened in year 2010

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tampere University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Medical Emergency Team and EMS on ICU Readmissions and Sudden Cardiac Arrests in Tampere University Hospital

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 5, 2010
Registry last updated
Sep 27, 2019

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