Status:
COMPLETED
Comparing Use of a Prehospital Ultrasound System and Standard Prehospital Care in Thoracoabdominal Trauma
Lead Sponsor:
University of Saskatchewan
Collaborating Sponsors:
Saskatoon Health Region
M.D. Ambulance Care Ltd.
Conditions:
Thoracoabdominal Trauma
Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The NanoMaxx Ultrasound System (SonoSite) in connection with the RP-Xpress (InTouch Technologies) provides a means of transmitting ultrasound images, video, and audio to a remote location in real-time...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for FAST cohort:
- Patient is 18 years of age or older
- Patient presenting with blunt or penetrating trauma to the thorax or abdomen
- Patient transported by MD Ambulance to Royal University Hospital
- Patient being transported by a paramedic who has received training in the above ultrasound system and who has with them a NanoMaxx Ultrasound System (SonoSite) to be used in connection with the RP-Xpress (InTouch Technologies)
- Patient will take longer than 10 minutes to transport to hospital
- Patient's care will not be compromised in completing a FAST exam - opinion of paramedic
- Patient's care will not be compromised in completing a FAST exam - opinion of ER physician
- Inclusion Criteria for Controls:
- Patient is 18 years of age or older
- Patient presenting with blunt or penetrating trauma to the thorax or abdomen
- Patient transported by MD Ambulance to Royal University Hospital
- Patient will take longer than 10 minutes to transport to hospital
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients under the age of 18
- Patients whose care would be compromised if other procedures of higher priority (as determined by paramedics and/or remotely-present physicians) were not be able to be executed due to time involved in completing a FAST exam
- Patients who are not being transported to Royal University Hospital
- Patients whose expected transport time from scene to hospital is less than 10 minutes
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02198885
Start Date
August 1 2014
End Date
April 1 2017
Last Update
November 6 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Royal University Hospital
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 0W8