Are EMS Personnel Prepared to Identify and Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax

Are EMS Personnel Prepared to Identify and Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax: A Randomized, Crossover Manikin Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02709122

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-15

Start date

2016-02-29

Completion date

2016-03-31

Last updated

2016-03-15

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Conditions

Tension Pneumothorax

Brief summary

The study aims to determine the level of knowledge and skills to recognize and decompression of tension pneumothorax

Interventions

DEVICEThoraQuik atraumatic set for pneumothorax decompression

pneumothorax decompression in case it is found in accordance with the actually recommendations

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* give voluntary consent to participate in the study * maximum 1 year of work experience in medicine * paramedics, nurses, physicians

Exclusion criteria

* not meet the above criteria * wrist or low back diseases * pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
physiological parameter	intraoperative	study correctness diagnose of pneumothorax by listening to it with a stethoscope and palpation method. The sounds will be issued by the software of manikin. Correct interpretation of the physiological parameters will be recorded in the survey questionnaire

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Procedure of Pneumothorax decompression	intraoperative	Pneumothorax decompression should be in the 2-3 intercostal space at the upper edge of the rib. subject to evaluation will place the introduction of the cannula.
duration of the procedure	intraoperative	The time starts from the moment of finding of pneumothorax and ends after its proper decompression
Ease-of-use assessed on a visual analog scale	1 day	To access subjective opinion about the difficulty of pneumothorax decompression, participants were asked to rate it on a visual analog scale (VAS) with a score from 1 (extremely easy) to 10 (extremely difficult)

Countries

Poland

Contacts

Primary ContactLukasz Szarpak, PhD

lukasz.szarpak@gmail.com+48500186225

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026