Clinical Application and Validation of Innovative Tourniquet

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Compartment Syndrome of Forearm

Treatments: Device: Innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05605990

IRB No.A-BR-111-011

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Tourniquets are the basic equipment for nurses to perform blood draws, and venous indwelling needles for congestion, or for hemostasis. Therefore, forgetting to remove the tourniquet is a common problem that leads to blood circulation being blocked, and even severe tissue necrosis occurred.

Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate whether this innovative tourniquet could prevent forgetting to remove the tourniquet, and improve the satisfaction of care.

Research design: This clinical research trial was a quasi-experimental study designed for a single group with pre-and post-test. We will recruit 160 nurses in high-risk units of the hospital. The delay in removing the tourniquet as our study outcome is defined as the removing time delay of one minute.

Expected results: The research results will provide some evidence of the efficacy of intelligent tourniquets.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Nurse group: We included nurses who have working experience of more than 3 months, and are willing to use an innovative tourniquet.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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160 participants in 1 patient group

Nurse group

Experimental group

Description:

Using an innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet) for the standard of care

Treatment:

Device: Innovative tourniquet (Acusense Nonpneumatic tourniquet)