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Clinical Trials/NCT02389725
NCT02389725
Completed
Not Applicable

The Effect of Two Different Tourniquet Techniques on Peripheral IV Access Success Rates

Mayo Clinic1 site in 1 country121 target enrollmentApril 2015
ConditionsTourniquet

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Tourniquet
Sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Enrollment
121
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Peripheral IV Access Success Rate
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the success rates of two different tourniquets that are used when placing an IV.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 2015
End Date
June 2016
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Tobias Kummer

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Emergency Department patients
  • 18 years old or older
  • who receive peripheral IV access

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients under the age of 18
  • prison inmates
  • pregnant patients
  • patients who are unable to give informed consent
  • critically ill patients who need emergent IV access as defined by the Emergency Medicine consultant of record for the patient

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Peripheral IV Access Success Rate

Time Frame: baseline

Peripheral IV access success rate is defined as the number of subjects who had successful peripheral intravenous cannulation on the first attempt. An attempt was defined as a needle penetrating the surface of the subject's skin. Successful access was defined as good flow through an IV catheter with a saline flush and without subcutaneous fluid collection.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Total Number of Distinct Providers That Attempted IV Access(baseline)
  • Total Number of Peripheral IV Access Attempts(baseline)
  • Rate of Rescue Techniques Used(baseline)

Study Sites (1)

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