The EPIC Project: Impact of Implementing the EMS Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Guidelines

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

26,873

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2011

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2017

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2017

Conditions
Brain Injuries, TraumaticInjuries, Acute BrainTBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
Interventions
OTHER

The National Prehospital TBI Management Guidelines

"In the post-implementation (after) cohort, implementation of the entire bundle of the TBI treatment guidelines with special emphasis on prevention and treatment of hypotension (IV crystalloids), prevention and treatment of hypoxia (pre-oxygenation with high-flow O2 via non-rebreather mask, bag-valve-mask, extraglottic airways/intubation when basic maneuvers have failed), and prevention of hyperventilation (in intubated patients) and prevention/treatment of hypoventilation (in all patients)."

Trial Locations (1)

85004

Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Phoenix

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Arizona

OTHER

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