FAST Examination During Emergency Practice

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trauma; Ultrasonography

Treatments: Device: SonoScape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02289885

FAST/2014/02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the knowledge, attitude and practice about Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma among emergency medicine practitioners in Poland.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Paramedics currently practicing in a Polish emergency department units and emergency medical services
• Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to participate in all aspects of the study prior to study begin

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

normal model patient

Experimental group

Description:

Images of the ultrasound window were captured to disk and later evaluated by an expert in emergency medicine. In this study, the FAST examination was measured to the perihepatic space (also called Morison's pouch or the hepatorenal recess), perisplenic space, pericardium, and the pelvis.

Treatment:

Device: SonoScape

ascites positive model patient

Experimental group

Description:

Images of the ultrasound window were captured to disk and later evaluated by an expert in emergency medicine. In this study, the FAST examination was measured to the perihepatic space (also called Morison's pouch or the hepatorenal recess), perisplenic space, pericardium, and the pelvis.

Treatment:

Device: SonoScape