NCT05496114

Medical Checklists in the Emergency Department

The Impact of Medical Checklists on the Management of Acute Situations in the Emergency Department. A Simulation-based Randomised Controlled Trial.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate whether the use of medical checklists in the emergency department can decrease resuscitation time in critically ill patients.

Detailed description

A scenario evaluating tricyclic antidepressant poisoning will be carried out with and without medical checklist access. Emergency physicians from the Netherlands who are willing to take part in the study are randomly allocated to perform the scenario with or without checklists.

Conditions

• Emergencies
• Tricyclic Antidepressant Poisoning
• Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Checklist	A checklist is an aid that outlines assessments or actions systematically. In this study, the checklist outlines interventions to consider during management of a patient with tricyclic antidepressant poisoning. Each checklist will include indications, contra-indications and for medication, dose, route and rate of administration.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2024-09-01
• Completion: 2025-02-01
• First posted: 2022-08-11
• Last updated: 2024-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands