Does Environmental Factors Affect Accuracy in Pre-hospital Non-invasive

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical Trial Description

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of different environmental factors on the ability for a thermistor-based epitympanic thermometer to accurately read the temperature of a normothermic individual and thereby estimate their feasibility and reliability in the austere pre-hospital setting.

Healthy volunteers will be recruited. As reference value for core temperature we will use a standard rectal probe (Mon-a-Therm, General purpose Temperature Probe 12Fr/Ch, Covidien) attached to an external monitor. The study will be in a field setting in the mountains of Hemsedal, Norway.

For measuring the epitympanic temperature we will use the Metraux Thermometer (Walpoth, Galdikas et al. 1994). The Metraux Thermometer is widely used in pre-hospital care in Norway and internationally. The ear-sensor will after induction of anaesthesia be inserted according to the manufacturers specifications in the auditory canal and activated. The sensor is two tiny and soft metal wires covered in a plastic wrapping integrated in a soft rubber earplug. The depth of the measuring point is pre-set from the manufacture to be approximately 10 mm from the tympanic membrane. The display will then show the epitympanic temperature in real-time.

The volunteers will be exposed to four different scenarios. 1. Ambient air with no protection of head/measuring site. 2. Ambient air with local protection of measuring site. 3. Snow in the ear-canal before placing the thermometer (to resemble avalanche conditions). 4 Cold water in the ear canal (to resemble water immersion/submersion).

The temperature will be measured in degrees Celsius. A baseline will be established before exposing the volunteers to the different environmental factors. After exposure the temperature will be recorded every 15 seconds for a total of 10minutes. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Hypothermia

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02274597
Study type	Observational
Source	Oslo University Hospital
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	March 2014
Completion date	December 2014

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Does Environmental Factors Affect Accuracy in Pre-hospital Non-invasive Temperature Measurement?

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical Trial Description

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms