Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Response Times in Danish Emergency Medical Services

Denmark2,500,000 participantsStarted 2025-05-01

Plain-language summary

The overall aim of this retrospective observational study is to investigate the association of emergency medical services response time with patient survival and treatment outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the association between response time and patient survival? The investigators will collect data for all patients who were treated by ambulance and/or helicopter services in Denmark and follow the patient's path from illness or injury to discharge from hospital with a focus on the significance of ambulance and helicopter response time.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Every patient in Denmark in need of ambulance and/or helicopter services treatment in Denmark from 2016-2022 with outgoing response mode A (with lights and sirens) and B (without lights and sirens) is eligible for inclusion in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * No civil personal registration number available * Patient not identified * Patient not entered in the prehospital electronic patient journal * invalid data entered * No linkage between substitue personal register number and actual personal register number for patients identified later;

What they're measuring

30-day survival

Timeframe: Status at 30 days after hospital admission

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06666647

SponsorPeter Martin Hansen

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-03-30

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