Effectiveness and Safety Study of Etomidate Versus Midazolam to Help Place a Breathing Tube Outside of the Hospital.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study was to compare the utility of etomidate and midazolam in helping patients to relax when there was a need for the placement of a ventilation tube by medics who were transporting patients to a hospital in an ambulance.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania
• Treatments: Etomidate; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Under the study protocol, all patients age 18 or over transported by the two participating ALS systems, requiring pre-hospital Sedation Facilitated Intubation, were eligible for participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion criteria were pregnancy and age less than 18.