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Audiovisual Consultations in Prehospital Emergency Care: Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT04312321 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2020-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study investigates safety and efficacy of the use of audiovisual consultations of emergency medical service (EMS) doctor by paramedics for low urgency events in areas covered with paramedic crews only from emergency medical service stations with distant access to hospital.

Conditions

  • Telemedicine
  • Emergency Medical Service

Interventions

DEVICE

Mandatory phone call consultation

Use of audio consultation (EMS crew smartphones, doctor smarphone) Smartphone (Xiaomi Redmi Note) and bluetooth handsfree headset (Jabra Talk)

DEVICE

Mandatory audiovisual consultation

Smartphone (Xiaomi Redmi Note) and bluetooth handsfree headset (Jabra Talk) with installed Android application (VSee messenger, USA, HIPAA compliant software) for paramedic crews; personal computer (Windows 10) with desktop version of application VSee messenger for Windows and eqipped with webcamera (Logitech C922 PRO) and headset (Jabra Evolve 20) for consulting doctor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zdravotnicka Zachranna Sluzba Karlovarskeho Kraje, P.O.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jiri Smetana, MD · Zdravotnická záchranná služba Karlovarskeho kraje, PO

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-17
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2020-03-15

Countries

  • Czechia

Study Locations

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