Table 1 Study characteristics
From: Randomised controlled trials in pre-hospital trauma: a systematic mapping review
Study ID | Country | Sample size | Type of trauma | Intervention | Outcome of interest | Exemption from informed consent (EFIC) consultation reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turner 2000 [17] | England | 1309 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Mortality | Not reported |
Kober 2001 [34] | Austria | 100 | Minor trauma | Temperature management | Patient satisfaction; pain, discomfort and anxiety | Not reported |
Vergnion 2001 [24] | Belgium | 101 | Not specified | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Kober 2002 [25] | Austria | 60 | Minor trauma | Analgesia | Pain and anxiety | Not reported |
Helm 2003 [37] | Germany | 97 | Not specified | Airway management/ventilation | PaCO2 values as a marker of the adequacy of ventilation | Not reported |
Cooper 2004 [18] | Australia | 229 | Blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Recovery after brain injury | Not reported |
ID27265 2006 [26] | Germany | 136 | Blunt trauma | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Bulger 2008 [19] | United States | 209 | Blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Incidence of ARDS | Community notification and consultation were undertaken before the study. |
Moore 2009 [31] | United States | 714 | Not specified | Blood product | Mortality | Exempt from informed consent stated - no consultation reported. |
Bernard 2010 [38] | Australia | 312 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Airway management/ventilation | Recovery after brain injury | Not reported |
Bounes 2010 [27] | France | 108 | Not specified | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Bulger 2010 [20] | United States and Canada | 1331 | Blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Recovery after brain injury | Community notification and consultation were undertaken before the study |
Jousi 2010 [21] | Finland | 37 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Blood pressure | Not reported |
Bulger 2011 [22] | United States and Canada | 895 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Mortality | Community notification and consultation were undertaken before the study |
Lundgren 2011 [35] | Sweden | 48 | Blunt trauma | Temperature management | Body core temperature, cold discomfort and vital signs | Not reported |
Jennings 2012 [28] | Australia | 135 | Not specified | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Ducasse 2013 [29] | France | 60 | Not specified | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Garner 2015 [39] | Australia | 3124 | Blunt trauma | Model of care | Recovery after brain injury | Not reported |
Schreiber 2015 [23] | United States and Canada | 192 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Fluid therapy | Early crystalloid volume; mortality | Exempt from informed consent stated - no consultation reported. |
Büttner 2018 [30] | Germany | 30 | Not specified | Analgesia | Pain | Not reported |
Cooper 2018 [36] | Australia, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and Qatar | 511 | Not specified | Temperature management | Recovery after brain injury | Not reported |
Moore 2018 [32] | United States | 144 | Not specified | Blood product | Mortality | Community notification and consultation were undertaken before the study |
Sperry 2018 [33] | United States | 523 | Penetrating and blunt trauma | Blood product | Mortality | Community notification and consultation were undertaken before the study |