Prospective Evaluation of Aeromedical EMS Ultrasound in Major Trauma Victims

UTHSC-H Proposal for Prospective Evaluation of Aeromedical EMS Ultrasound in Major Trauma Victims.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01058967

Enrollment

Registered

2010-01-29

Start date

2010-01-31

Completion date

2010-11-30

Last updated

2019-04-18

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Conditions

Major Trauma Patients

Keywords

Code III trauma (highest acuity), Life Flight aeromedical ambulance service

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of ultrasound by aeromedical prehospital providers.

Detailed description

This study will be divided into three parts. The first portion involves the education/inservices of the aeromedical prehospital providers to document the knowledge and skills necessary to perform and interpret eFAST exams using ultrasound pre hospitalization. The second portion involves testing the logistics of utilization of prehospital ultrasound. Data will be collected by the participating aeromedical prehospital providers to rate the durability of the equipment, difficulty in preforming the eFAST exam, interference with other actions and ability of retention of images. The third portion will involve the aeromedical prehospital providers performing the eFAST exam using the ultrasound prehospital and comparing their findings with the gold standard exam, CT scan, while patient is in the emergency department.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Code 3 trauma activation Admitted directly from scene Transported via Life Flight (aeromedical ambulance)

Exclusion criteria

* transfer from outside hospital

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome for this study is to determine if the aeromedical prehospital providers are able to accurately and rapidly perform and interpret eFAST exams in major trauma victims.	6 month

Countries

United States

Outcome results