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Can a battery keep ventilators running during ambulance transport?

NCT ID NCT07807189

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Medipol University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 08, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study asks whether a portable external power supply can keep respiratory support equipment running without interruption during ambulance transport. Researchers survey healthcare workers worldwide about current transport practices and then test the power device during 25 ambulance rides in Spain with patients on high-flow oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, or mechanical ventilation. The goal is to see if the equipment maintains support without power failures or technical problems, not to compare treatments or prove clinical benefit.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Portable external power supply (Zopec Transport UPS 90) used during ambulance transport to keep respiratory-support equipment running
What this could lead to
If portable power proves reliable, it could make ambulance transfers safer for critically ill patients who depend on ventilators or high-flow oxygen, reducing the risk of equipment failure during transport.
What could go wrong
This is an early feasibility study, not a proof of effectiveness. The device might fail in real-world conditions, and the small number of transports limits how broadly the results can be applied.

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Study facts

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Participants

246 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2023

Finished

Feb 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

The study population comprised two distinct groups. Phase I included healthcare professionals involved in noninvasive ventilation management or patient transport who participated in an international electronic cross-sectional survey addressing respiratory-support transport practices. Phase II included patients undergoing ambulance transport while receiving advanced respiratory support, including high-flow nasal oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, or invasive mechanical ventilation, in participating units in Albacete and Bilbao, Spain. The two populations were analyzed separately and were not statistically combined.

Ages

Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Phase I - International Healthcare Professional Survey Inclusion Criteria: * Healthcare professionals involved in the management of noninvasive ventilation or in the transport of patients requiring respiratory support. * Participation in the international electronic survey addressing respiratory-support transport practices. Exclusion Criteria: * Records not representing participation in the respiratory-support transport survey. * Records lacking sufficient information for descriptive analysis of the predefined survey domains. Phase II - Portable External Power Feasibility Evaluation Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing ambulance transport while receiving advanced respiratory support. * Receipt of high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), noninvasive ventilation (NIV), or invasive mechanical ventilation during the transport episode. * Transport performed at one of the participating clinical units included in the prospective feasibility evaluation. * Availability of transport-level data sufficient to evaluate continuity of respiratory support and the occurrence of power interruption, clinically relevant equipment alarm, or technical failure. Exclusion Criteria: * Transport episodes not involving advanced respiratory support. * Transport episodes for which continuity of respiratory support or the primary technical feasibility outcome could not be determined.

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Conditions

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respiratory failure

As listed by the trial registrant

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Advanced respiratory support Critical illness Electrical power continuity High-flow nasal oxygen Mechanical ventilation Medical equipment safety Noninvasive ventilation Patient safety Patient transport Respiratory failure Transport safety

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Al-Razi University

    Sanaa, Yemen

  • Chest Department, Cairo University Hospitals

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Department Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Northwell Northern Westchester Hospital

    Mount Kisco, New York, 10549, United States

  • Department of Anaesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb

    Zagreb, Croatia

  • Department of Critical Care, UOC Anesthesia, Postoperative Intensive Care and ECMO, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli

    Naples, Italy

  • Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, National University of Science and Technology

    Sohar, Oman

  • Department of Pulmonology, Tayfur Ata Sökmen Faculty of Medicine, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

    Hatay, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Father Muller Medical College Hospital

    Mangalore, India

  • Department of Respiratory Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, King Abdulaziz University

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Department of Respiratory Therapy, Ibn- al-Nafis University for Medical Sciences

    Sanaa, Yemen

  • Emergentziak, Osakidetza

    Bilbao, Spain

  • Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

  • Heart Hospital, HMC

    Doha, Qatar

  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Servicio de Neumología

    Mexico City, Mexico

  • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Punta de Europa

    Algeciras, Spain

  • Intensive Care Unit. Hospital Morales Meseguer

    Murcia, Spain

  • Intensive care Unit, Hospital General Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires Argentina School of Medicine, University of Magallanes

    Punta Arenas, Chile

  • Mobile Emergency Unit of Albacete, Department of Urgent Care, Emergencies and Medical Transport of Castilla-La Mancha

    Albacete, Spain

  • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

    Tehran, Iran

  • İstanbul Medipol University

    Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

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