The Effect of Different Emergency Medical Systems on the Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury - a Prospective Study

NCT ID: NCT01571375

Last Updated: 2019-09-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

SUSPENDED

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-06-30

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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The Aim of the Study is to Measure the Effect of Finnish Physician-staffed EMS Unit Treatment Methods on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patient Prognosis.

Physician-staffed HEMS unit was implemented to the EMS 2011. The aim of this study is to compare the results against a historical database to see if the implementation of a HEMS unit will improve the prognosis of TBI patients.

Detailed Description

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A Secondary Aim is to Identify Out-of-hospital Treatment Factors That Can be Influenced by Education and Protocols.

Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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FinnHEMS10

Patients Treated by Helsinki HEMS.

No interventions assigned to this group

FinnHEMS30

PAtients Treated by Tampere HEMS.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TBI with CGS \< 9 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

* Multiple trauma
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Tampere University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arvi Yli-Hankala, professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Tampere University Hospital

Tom Silfvast, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Tarja Randell, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Ilkka Virkkunen, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Tampere University Hospital

Toni Pakkanen, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Tampere University

Locations

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Tampere University Hospital

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

Other Identifiers

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R10037

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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