Pulse Oximetry in Healthy SubjEcts ImmergeD in OceaN. (POSEIDON)

University Hospital of Bordeaux

Status: Completed

Conditions: Drowning

Treatments: Other: Drowning

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04250532

CHUBX 2019/48

Details and patient eligibility

About

Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of accidental death in the world. One of the tools used by lifeguards to help ER assess gravity, is pulse oximetry. Its measure is variable even in optimal condition and its accuracy can be altered by factors specific to the patient and by environmental factors. The conditions gathered during a drowning rescue are thus propitious to a misleading evaluation. Assessing its reliability and looking for influencing factors of the measure of pulse oximetry could help for pre-hospital care management.

Full description

The research focuses on the measurement of pulse oximetry among lifeguard on the Atlantic coast of Gironde, France, before and after their daily training, using a standardized measurement protocol.

The follow-up will be done during the beach monitoring period during the summer of 2020. A total of 3 months of measurement collection is expected.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lifeguard working on the Girondine Atlantic coast
• up to 18 years old,
• no smoker,
• No chronic pathology.

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic cardiac pathology,
• Chronic respiratory pathology,
• Acrosyndrome,
• Smoker.

Trial design

31 participants in 1 patient group

Lifeguard

Description:

Lifeguards who work on the Atlantic coast of Gironde France.

Treatment:

Other: Drowning