NCT00405314

Prehospital CPAP vs. Usual Care for Acute Respiratory Failure

Prehospital CPAP Versus Usual Care for Acute Respiratory Failure: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (planned)
• Sponsor: Dalhousie University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation when applied by paramedics to individuals with severe breathing difficulties in the prehospital setting.

Detailed description

Continuous positive airway pressure ventilation (CPAP) has been shown to be effective in avoiding endotracheal intubation (ETI) for patients with acute respiratory failure in hospital but despite several case series, the effectiveness of the prehospital application of CPAP by paramedics has not been studied in a randomized fashion. We performed a prospective, randomized, non blinded trial to determine whether patients in acute respiratory failure treated with CPAP in the prehospital setting had lower overall ETI rates than those treated with standard care.

Conditions

• Respiratory Insufficiency
• Hypoxia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Continuous positive airway pressure ventilation mask

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-07-01
• Completion: 2006-03-01
• First posted: 2006-11-30
• Last updated: 2016-06-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada