Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access During Earthquake

Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder) Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access Could Provide Benefits for Resuscitation in Out-of-hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: a Field Report During Earthquake on Amatrice (Italy), August 24, 2016

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03491787
• Other study ID #: 05/01/2017, n.12
• Status: Completed
• First received: March 28, 2018
• Last updated: April 6, 2018
• Start date: September 26, 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this field report is to describe as the use ultrasound guidance can facilitate the insertion of intraosseous access, during the resuscitation, in the victims of out-of hospital traumatic cardiac arrest

Description:

The aim of this field report is to describe as the use ultrasound guidance can facilitate the insertion of intraosseous access, decreasing the time for drug administration and providing some benefits during the resuscitation, in the victims of out-of hospital traumatic cardiac arrest.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 31
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• traumatic cardiac arrest

Exclusion Criteria:

• non traumatic cardiac arrest

• beheading

• post-mortem hypostasis

• carbonized bodies

• dismembered bodies

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder)
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Device:
• Ultrasound guidance
The ultrasound guidance was used to obtain intraosseous access

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intraosseus access	The time used to esteblish the intraosseus access	up to 10 minutes
Secondary	Return of spontaneous circulation	The time to obtain the return of spontaneous circulation	up to 1 hour