Does every second count? denmark investigates emergency response times
NCT ID NCT06666647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at millions of emergency calls in Denmark to see if faster ambulance or helicopter response times help more people survive. Researchers will track patients from the moment help is called until they leave the hospital. The goal is to understand how response time affects survival and recovery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,500,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Every patient in Denmark in need of ambulance and/or helicopter services treatment from 2016 to 2022 with one year follow-up
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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;
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Odense University Hospital
Odense, 5000, Denmark
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