The Emergency Call on Drowning

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Conditions studied: Drowning, Drowning; Anoxia, Drowning, Near, Drowning; Asphyxia, Drowning and Nonfatal Submersion, Drowning or Immersion of Unknown Intent, Drowning and Submersion, Undetermined Intent, Drowning and Submersion While in Bath-Tub, Drowning and Submersion While in Natural Water, Drowning and Submersion Due to Sailboat Sinking, Drowning and Submersion Due to Fall Off Ship, Drowning and Submersion While in Swimming-Pool

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06310486

Run by

Prehospital Center, Region Zealand

People needed

1500

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-04

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients at all ages registered in the Danish Prehospital Drowning Data are eligible.

You may not qualify if…

• Obvious clinical signs of irreversible death (decapitation, decomposition, post-mortem lividity, post-mortem rigidity)
• A valid Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation (DNAR) order or other code status orders limiting life-sustaining therapies
• Missing or corrupted audio files
• Missing identification number
• Missing 30-day survival

Where it is running

• Prehospital Center Region Zealand — Næstved, Denmark (enrolling)

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