Prehospital cardiac Evaluation (PRACE) – teaching a novel ultrasound algorithm and testing learning success under real-life conditions
- Conditions
- Training time and learning success of participating physicians was tested on healthy volunteersThe examination was carried out in a prehospital environment in patients presenting with dyspnea
- Registration Number
- DRKS00026143
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
For examiners: active emergency physician, voluntary participation, completed consent form
For patients: main symptom is dyspnea
Exclusion Criteria
For examiners: refusal or missing or withdrawal of informed consent
For patients: below the minimum age, pregnancy, infectiousness, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in ECG
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method training time [min], training success [%OSCE score]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method examination success [% pictures produced of all examinations done], picture quality [% quality criteria met after peer-review of pictures made]