Status:

WITHDRAWN

Live Stream of Prehospital point-of Care Ultrasound by Air Rescue Physicians

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Echocardiography

Telemedicine

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been suggested as a useful tool in emergency medicine for diagnosis and treatment of reversible causes. However, in prehospital setting performing ultr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Critically ill patients suffering from acute dyspnoea, circulatory failure or trauma will be included.
  • Patients with acute dyspnoea will be included, if they show at least one of the two following signs of respiratory failure:
  • Respiratory rate \> 20 breaths per minute
  • Peripheral oxygen saturation without oxygen supplementation \< 90%
  • Patients with acute circulatory failure will be included, if they show at least one of the following signs:
  • Hypotension (systolic blood pressure \<90mmHg)
  • Altered tissue perfusion (cold, clammy, mottling skin or altered mental status)
  • Trauma patients will be included, if at least one cause is suspected:
  • Intraabdominal fluid
  • Intrathoracic free fluid
  • Pneumothorax

Exclusion

  • age under 18
  • if POCUS will lead to a delay of live-saving treatment or transportation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04810520

Start Date

November 1 2021

End Date

December 31 2022

Last Update

January 10 2023

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Medical University of Vienna, Department of Anaesthesia & General Intensive Care

Vienna, Austria, 1090