Health Trials

The Emergency Call on Drowning

ConditionsDrowningDrowning; AnoxiaDrowning, NearDrowning; AsphyxiaDrowning and Nonfatal SubmersionDrowning or Immersion of Unknown IntentDrowning and Submersion, Undetermined IntentDrowning and Submersion While in Bath-TubDrowning and Submersion While in Natural WaterDrowning and Submersion Due to Sailboat SinkingDrowning and Submersion Due to Fall Off ShipDrowning and Submersion While in Swimming-Pool
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorPrehospital Center, Region Zealand

About this trial

This study aims to 1) describe patient-, setting-, and dispatcher-related characteristics in drowning-related emergency calls to the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre (1-1-2 emergency phone) and 2) factors associated with 30-day survival. The investigators will separately analyse drowning-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and drowning-related non-OHCA. If feasible, the investigators will qualitatively analyse the calls to identify and describe potential barriers for an optimal handling strategy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients at all ages registered in the Danish Prehospital Drowning Data are eligible.

Disqualifiers

Obvious clinical signs of irreversible death (decapitation, decomposition, post-mortem lividity, post-mortem rigidity)

A valid Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation (DNAR) order or other code status orders limiting life-sustaining therapies

Missing or corrupted audio files

Missing identification number

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Drowning-related OHCA
  • Drowning-related non-OHCA

Treatment groups

1,500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Prehospital Center, Region Zealand

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov