Trauma, Ultrasonography
Conditions
Keywords
trauma, examination, knowledge, paramedic
Brief summary
The study evaluates the knowledge, attitude and practice about Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma among emergency medicine practitioners in Poland.
Interventions
DEVICESonoScape
Ultrasonography device
Sponsors
International Institute of Rescue Research and Education
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Paramedics currently practicing in a Polish emergency department units and emergency medical services * Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to participate in all aspects of the study prior to study begin
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tests of Knowledge of the FAST Examination | 1 day | knowledge-based measures used to evaluate participants' knowledge of FAST-examination-related concepts (Survey) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FAST Performance Test | 1 day | The performance test required participants to conduct a FAST examination on two model patients (one normal, one ascites positive). No help or feedback was given to the participants. |
| Window acquisition time | 1 day | Identification of FAST Window Quadrants and Diagnostic Interpretation of FAST Windows. The window acquisition time was measured with a stopwatch and represented the period between first contact of the probe with the model patient's body and when the participant said stop to indicate an adequate window or the participant's judgment that he or she could not acquire the window. |
| Window quality | 1 day | For each acquired window, an expert evaluated the quality of the window. The window was rated as excellent, fair, poor, or other. Other captured situations where the window acquired was nondiagnostic. Window quality was dichotomized into two categories, excellent or not excellent, and subsequent analyses examined the number of participants that acquired excellent windows by quadrant (perihepatic space (also called Morison's pouch or the hepatorenal recess), perisplenic space, pericardium, and the pelvis and suprapubic quadrant) and patient type (normal, positive). |
| Diagnostic accuracy | 1 day | For each acquired window, the participant rendered a diagnosis of that window. An expert evaluated the quality of the diagnosis. The diagnosis was rated as correct, incorrect, or other. Other captured situations where the window acquired was nondiagnostic. For analysis purposes, diagnostic accuracy was dichotomized into two categories, correct or not correct, and subsequent analyses examined the number of participants that interpreted the window correctly by quadrant (perihepatic space (also called Morison's pouch or the hepatorenal recess), perisplenic space, pericardium, and the pelvis and suprapubic quadrant) and patient type (normal, positive). |
Countries
Poland
Contacts
Primary ContactLukasz Szarpak
Outcome results
None listed