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
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder)
- Sponsor
- San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila
- Enrollment
- 31
- Primary Endpoint
- Intraosseus access
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 months ago
Overview
Brief 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
Detailed 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.
Investigators
Emiliano Petrucci
Medical Doctor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit
San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •traumatic cardiac arrest
Exclusion Criteria
- •non traumatic cardiac arrest
- •beheading
- •post-mortem hypostasis
- •carbonized bodies
- •dismembered bodies
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Intraosseus access
Time Frame: up to 10 minutes
The time used to esteblish the intraosseus access
Secondary Outcomes
- Return of spontaneous circulation(up to 1 hour)