Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access During Earthquake

San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder)

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound guidance

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03491787

05/01/2017, n.12

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• traumatic cardiac arrest

Exclusion criteria

• non traumatic cardiac arrest
• beheading
• post-mortem hypostasis
• carbonized bodies
• dismembered bodies

Trial design

31 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound guidance

Description:

The ultrasound guidance was used to establish intraosseous access

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound guidance

Not ultrasound guidance

Description:

The ultrasound guidance was not used to obtain intraosseous access