Ley Greaves, Robbie, Bolot, Renee, Holgate, Andrew, and Gibbs, Clinton (2024) Safety of pre‐hospital peripheral vasopressors: The SPOTLESS study (Safety of PrehOspiTaL pEripheral vaSopreSsors). Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4). pp. 547-553.

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the safety and effectiveness of peripheral vasoactive drugs initiated during pre-hospital care and retrieval missions, in Queensland, Australia.

Methods: Three years of retrospective data was gathered from two sources. Medical notes were reviewed using a search for any patient having ‘inotrope’ recorded on an electronic medical record. Each case was reviewed to include only peripheral infusions of adrenaline or noradrenaline. Clinical Governance records were searched for adverse events related to vasoactive drugs, alerted for review to ensure complete capture.

Results: A total of 418 patients received peripheral infusions of adrenaline and noradrenaline over the 3-year period. No major complications were recorded either immediately or at Clinical Governance review. Minor complications were recorded in 4.7% of the cases, of which 3.5% occurred with peripheral vasoactives during the presence of the retrieval team. The frequency of use of peripheral vasoactives increased over the study period.

Conclusions: In this retrospective data set there were no major complications of peripheral vasoactive drugs. Minor complications were similar to in-hospital use and related to vascular access and drug delivery.

Item ID:	85805
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1742-6723
Copyright Information:	© 2024 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2025 00:10
FoR Codes:	32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320207 Emergency medicine @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 100%
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