ESCAPE (Evaluating Surge Capacity And PrEparedness)

NCT06144008 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Klinikum Großhadern
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 3,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The ESCAPE study intends to assess the possibility of recruiting students as surge capacity work force in hospitals in the event of a major medical incident such as an epidemic or pandemic.

Conditions

Disaster Medicine; Delivery of Health Care

Keywords

Surge capacity; Disaster medicine; pandemic preparedness; Hospital volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Student surge capacity workforce needed

  Is the general opinion that a student workforce would be beneficial in the context of a major medical incident?

  baseline

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Student willingness to work as student surge capacity workforce

  baseline

• Tasks to be delegated to surge capacity workforce

  baseline

• Organisational framework in which to embed surge capacity workforce

  baseline

Study Arms (2)

Medical experts in departments at risk

Expert healthcare workers at the Munich University Hospital within departments potentially affected by a major medical incident that could benefit from student surge capacity workforce. The following departments are included: Emergency Department, Intensive Care Units, Intermediate Care Units, Medical and Surgical wards, Department for Microbiology, Department for Infectious Diseases, Department for Laboratory Medicine, Antibiotic Stewardship Team, Department for Tropical Medicine, Max-von-Pettenkofer Institute, Institute for Emergency Medicine, Faculty Dean's office.

Behavioral: Answering questionnaire

Students

Medical students from all medical faculties in Germany to be questioned on their willingness to partake in clinical work as surge capacity work force in the context of a potential major medical incident.

Behavioral: Answering questionnaire

Interventions

Answering questionnaire BEHAVIORAL

A questionnaires for each group has been developped and will be distributed for voluntary and anonymous completion.

Medical experts in departments at risk; Students

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

* Heads of departments typically affected by major medical incidents. These include: Emergency Department, Intensive Care Units, Intermediate Care Units, Medical and Surgical wards, Department for Microbiology, Department for Infectious Diseases, Department for Laboratory Medicine, Antibiotic Stewardship Team, Department for Tropical Medicine, Max-von-Pettenkofer Institute, Institute for Emergency Medicine, Faculty Dean's office. Included were: heads of departments and other members of leadership from the medical staff, nursing staff and other supporting staff. * Medical students (aged 18 and over) in any year, currently studying at any of the 38 medical faculties in Germany.

You may qualify if:

• Medical experts (heads of departements and other management positions) working in selected departments that are typically affected by major medical incidents at the time of questionnaire roll-out.
• Medical students \>18 years of age of any year enrolled in the year 2023-2024 in any of the 38 medical faculties in Germany

You may not qualify if:

• none, as questionnaire participation was achieved by invitation of eligible volunteers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Anaesthesiology of the University Hospital of Munich

Munich, 81377, Germany

Location

Study Officials

• Bernhard Zwissler, Prof, MD

  Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Martin Fischer, Prof, MD

  Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology of the University Hospital of Munich

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2023
• First Posted: November 22, 2023
• Study Start: September 26, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2023
• Study Completion: November 1, 2023
• Last Updated: November 30, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

DE (1)