Training and Evaluation of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

Clear Guide Medical

Status: Completed

Conditions: Learning Anesthesia Procedures

Treatments: Device: With EDU

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05889923

UMiami 2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

38 certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) students will learn 5 different ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia blocks both with and without a novel device, the EDU which gives the student help finding the right needle path.

Full description

38 students enrolled in a course for ultrasound-guided nerve blocks will be participants in a study to evaluate the benefit of learning with ultrasound guidance. The EDU, a computer assisted guide for ultrasound interventions will be used for half the students for each of 5 nerve blocks/interventional procedures. Then the students will switch (crossover study) and perform the same interventions. Data will be recorded by dint of the tiny video cameras on the EDU and anonymized and evaluated.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: All CRNA students in Dr. Hauglum's class on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks -

Exclusion Criteria: Any CRNA students who drop Dr. Hauglum's class on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 1 patient group

learning with the EDU

Experimental group

Description:

Students will perform 5 ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia procedures on a phantom using the EDU which shows the student how to hold the needle and probe to hit the target.

Treatment:

Device: With EDU