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The Emergency Call on Drowning
Sponsor: Prehospital Center, Region Zealand
Summary
This study aims to 1) describe patient-, setting-, and dispatcher-related characteristics in drowning-related emergency calls to the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre (1-1-2 emergency phone) and 2) factors associated with 30-day survival. The investigators will separately analyse drowning-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and drowning-related non-OHCA. If feasible, the investigators will qualitatively analyse the calls to identify and describe potential barriers for an optimal handling strategy.
Official title: The Emergency Call on Drowning: A Registry-based Cohort Study of the Characteristics, Predictors, and Outcomes of Fatal and Non-fatal Drowning
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1500
Start Date
2016-01-01
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-06-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Drowning-related OHCA
These patients were involved in a drowning incident (submersion or immersion in liquid) and experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), defined as being unconscious and not breathing normally at any time in the prehospital setting. Some of these patients may die as a consequence of the submersion injury (fatal drowning), while others may survive (non-fatal drowning).
Drowning-related non-OHCA
These patients were involved in a drowning incident (submersion or immersion in liquid) but did not experience an OHCA. Some of these patients may die as a consequence of the submersion injury (fatal drowning), while others may survive (non-fatal drowning).
Locations (1)
Prehospital Center Region Zealand
Næstved, Denmark