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NCT04279262
Community First Responders' Role in the Current and Future Rural Health and Care Workforce
trial testing attendance by community first responders for medical emergencies in Emergency Medical Services in 83,995 participants. Completed in 3 December 2022.
1 May 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Lincoln |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 83,995 |
| Start date | 1 June 2020 |
| Primary completion | 1 May 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 3 December 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across United Kingdom |
Drugs / interventions tested
- attendance by community first responders for medical emergencies
Conditions studied
- Emergency Medical Services — all drugs for Emergency Medical Services →
Sponsor
University of Lincoln
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Emergency Medical Services. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Community First Responders (CFRs) are trained members of the public, lay people or off-duty healthcare staff who volunteer to provide first aid. CFRs help ambulance services to provide care for people having health emergencies, from falls to road accidents to heart attacks, at home or in public places. CFRs are particularly important in rural areas where it is more difficult to provide or access emergency care, and where they are an important part of the care workforce. CFRs are broadly perceived to be positive, however evidence is needed about how they contribute to rural health services, which patients/conditions they attend, what care they provide, how effective they are and at what cost, how they are perceived by patients and other health workers, and how they could be developed to improve care for rural communities. The investigators aim to develop recommendations for rural CFRs, by exploring their contribution to rural care, evaluating their value for money, understanding experiences and views of patients, CFRs and other healthcare staff, and exploring the potential for CFRs to provide new services.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Community First Responders' role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study.
Siriwardena AN, Patel G, Botan V, Smith MD, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 39054745 · DOI 10.3310/jyrt8674 -
Consensus on innovations and future directions of community first responder schemes in United Kingdom: a national nominal group technique study.
Patel G, Botan V, Phung VH, Trueman I, et al · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39350235 · DOI 10.1186/s13049-024-01254-6
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04279262 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Lincoln
- Last refreshed: 16 December 2024
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