NCT03964311

Risk for Short-term Adverse Events in Older Emergency Department Users

Risk for Short-term Adverse Events in Older Emergency Department Users: '' Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendation '' Cohort Study Database

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jewish General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the association between risk levels (i.e.; low, moderate and high) of Emergency Room Tool (ER2) and length of stay in older Emergency Room Tool (ER) users admitted to the medical or surgery wards of the Jewish General Hospital.

Detailed description

The Emergency Room Tool (ER2) assessment can be used by Emergency Department nurses taking care of older Emergency Department (ED) users on stretcher, and that ER2 moderate and high risk levels is associated with long length of stay in Emergency Department and hospital as well as hospital admissions.

Conditions

• Older People
• Health Care
• Evaluations
• Health Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Emergency Room Evaluation Tool (ER2)	Emergency Room Evaluation Tool represents a screening method that will be used at the Emergency by nurses. This tool evaluates the health conditions of all the patients who are 75 years and over.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-04
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2025-01-01
• First posted: 2019-05-28
• Last updated: 2024-02-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada