Training time and learning success of participating physicians was tested on healthy volunteers The examination was carried out in a prehospital environment in patients presenting with dyspnea
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Emergency physicians who have been trained in the use of a mobile ultrasound device and the performance of a short ultrasound examination algorithm (PRACE). These physicians were then observe
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 67 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For examiners: active emergency physician, voluntary participation, completed consent form For patients: main symptom is dyspnea
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For examiners: refusal or missing or withdrawal of informed consent For patients: below the minimum age, pregnancy, infectiousness, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in ECG
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| training time [min], training success [%OSCE score] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| examination success [% pictures produced of all examinations done], picture quality [% quality criteria met after peer-review of pictures made] | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactPatrick Hoffmann
Uniersitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Outcome results
None listed