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NCT04193800: SPRAINED

Specialist Paramedic Rotations And Their Impact on Non-conveyancE Decisions

Status unknown Last updated 16 December 2019
What this trial tests

trial testing 10-week rotation in primary care setting in Safe Paramedic Non-conveyance in 33,600 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline
1 January 2020
Primary endpoint
2 January 2020
1 April 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorYorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
StatusStatus unknown
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment33,600
Start date1 January 2020
Primary completion2 January 2020
Estimated completion1 April 2020
Sites1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Safe Paramedic Non-conveyance. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom is facing a 5% increase in demand every year for urgent and emergency care services, and there is evidence that patients are being taken to hospitals by ambulance services when they do not need to go. This is a problem because emergency departments are becoming more crowded, which can lead to poorer quality care. Also, less ambulances are available to respond to emergencies, because they are queueing at hospital for a long time. To improve the care Yorkshire Ambulance Service provide to their patients, some paramedics have received additional training. These advanced paramedics have been very successful at treating patients in their own home safely. However, their training is long and expensive, so another role, the specialist paramedic role has been introduced. Their training does not take as long and is cheaper to provide. However, the specialist paramedics do not appear to keep patients safely at home more often than regular paramedics. Recently, the specialist paramedics have taken part in a national paramedic programme, where they are given the chance to work in GP surgeries and emergency call centres. This study aims to see if specialist paramedics who have worked in a GP surgery for 10 weeks, can keep patients at home safely, and without costing too much, more often than regular paramedics.

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