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A Trial Of Prehospital Rapid Sequence Intubation In Patients With Severe Head Injury
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$311,000.00
Summary
In Australia, major trauma is a leading cause of death in people between the ages of one and 44 years. In addition to mortality, there is a high morbidity rate and quality adjusted life-years lost from injury is vast. In broad terms, major trauma is defined as those injuries with the highest severity, requiring time critical medical care. Over 10% of major trauma patients have a severe head injury and approximately 40% of these patients die and another 40% have significant long-term morbidity. F ....In Australia, major trauma is a leading cause of death in people between the ages of one and 44 years. In addition to mortality, there is a high morbidity rate and quality adjusted life-years lost from injury is vast. In broad terms, major trauma is defined as those injuries with the highest severity, requiring time critical medical care. Over 10% of major trauma patients have a severe head injury and approximately 40% of these patients die and another 40% have significant long-term morbidity. Following severe head injury, it is common for patients to have decreased oxygen levels and this is associated with a significant increase in brain damage. To prevent or treat this, patients with severe head injury require endotracheal intubation (a tube is placed in the airway to provide oxygen to the patient) as soon as possible following injury. However, in most patients with severe head injury, endotracheal intubation requires the use of drugs to facilitate placement of the endotracheal tube. The usual technique involves the administration of both a sedative drug and an appropriate muscle-relaxant. This technique is known as rapid sequence intubation (RSI). However, it is unknown whether RSI should be undertaken by paramedics early after injury or be delayed until arrival at the hospital. Since better evidence of improved outcome is required to justify the possible risk and considerable expense of training ambulance paramedics in the skill of RSI, it is proposed that a randomized, controlled trial of RSI in adults with severe head injury be conducted. This trial will compare rapid sequence intubation with standard airway management (no intubation) by ambulance paramedics for major trauma patients with severe head injury. This study will assess differences in patient outcome at 6-months post injury. The study will involve head injury patients treated by paramedics in Victoria.Read moreRead less
Expectations And Barriers In The Ambulance Service And Palliative Care Interface
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$49,916.00
Summary
There are over 6000 paramedics in Australia. The ambulance service is faced with palliative care on a daily basis throughout the country. Their involvement in palliative care is diverse and may include response to end of life calls, response to aid home care, response to manage acute events, providing health transport and collaborating with other care givers. The nature of this involvement, and the broader policy, operational, clinical and social implications has not been researched in Australia ....There are over 6000 paramedics in Australia. The ambulance service is faced with palliative care on a daily basis throughout the country. Their involvement in palliative care is diverse and may include response to end of life calls, response to aid home care, response to manage acute events, providing health transport and collaborating with other care givers. The nature of this involvement, and the broader policy, operational, clinical and social implications has not been researched in Australia. This study will survey paramedics across two states to describe their involvement in palliative care, and the issues and challenges associated with provision of this service.Read moreRead less