Live Stream of Prehospital point-of Care Ultrasound During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Completed

• Conditions: Echocardiography; Ultrasound; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Interventions: Other: Point-of-care ultrasound with tele-supervision

• Registration Number: NCT04817475
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been suggested as a useful tool in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) for diagnosis and treatment of reversible causes. However, in prehospital emergency medicine performing ultrasound and the translation of the findings can be challenging. As new prehospital ultrasound devices offer the possibility for remote supervision, the impact of tele-supervision on the performance of POCUS during OHCA is unclear.

Aims: This prospective observational study aims to evaluate if POCUS with tele-supervision can be performed during CPR without any additional hands-off periods longer than 5 seconds.

Methods: In total 30 patients with OHCA, where POCUS is considered, will be included in this study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-26
• Study Start: 2021-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-08-30
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with prehospital cardiac arrest, where POCUS is considered during cardiac pulmonary resuscitation, will be included.

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Exclusion Criteria

• under the age of 18,
• if POCUS is not considered or if POCUS will lead to a delay of live-saving treatment or transportation.
• pregnant patients
• patients with a body-mass-index (BMI) above 35 kg/m2

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Point-of-care ultrasound with tele-supervision	Point-of-care ultrasound with tele-supervision	Point-of-care ultrasound of patients with a out-of-hospital cardiac arrest will be performed with tele-supervision.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hands-off time during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation	through study completion, an average of 1 year	The primary outcome of this study evaluates, if POCUS with tele-supervision can be performed during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation without any additional hands-off period longer than 5 seconds

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Impact of real-time supervision of POCUS during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on changing of diagnosis of suspected cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Impact of real-time supervision of POCUS during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on changing of diagnosis of suspected cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Impact of real-time supervision of POCUS during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the duration time of POCUS	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Impact of real-time supervision of POCUS during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the duration time of POCUS

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Vienna, Department of Anaesthesia & General Intensive Care; 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria