Point-of-care-ultrasound in Swiss Air Rescue Rega
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In plain language
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Point-of-care ultrasound examination.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Point-of-care-ultrasound, Emergency Treatment. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Switzerland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Benefits of Pre-hospital POCUS Examinations in Air Rescue
Overview
The aim of the study is, on the one hand, to objectively investigate the patient-oriented benefits of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) examinations under the conditions of the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in Switzerland. On the other hand, the study will show what the diagnostic quality of prehospital POCUS examinations is and how emergency medical teams can be trained to use POCUS in the future. HEMS crew members will answer a short online questionaire about how findings of their POCUS examination has influenced their medical treatment, diagnosis and selection of target hospital for the patient (primary outcome parameters). In addition, a study nurse will query the findings of the in-hospital diagnostic tests and compare them with the findings of the pre-hospital POCUS examination. This will enable the investigators to evaluate the diagnostic quality of the prehospital POCUS examination and to identify which findings are often not recognised in the POCUS. The subjective satisfaction and assessment of the benefit of the POCUS examination by the respective users will also be recorded (secondary outcome parameters).
Interventions
- Other Point-of-care ultrasound examination
We are investigating the extent to which pre-hospital point-of-care ultrasound examination influences the further deployment tactics, medical treatment and choice of destination hospital for patients.
Primary outcome measures
- Diagnosis [Time frame: During HEMS mission, estimated to be on average of 30-60 minutes]
- Therapeutic interventions [Time frame: During HEMS mission, estimated to be on average 30-60 minutes]
- Transportation target [Time frame: During HEMS mission, estimated to be on average 30-60 minutes]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Missed findings [Time frame: 1 day]
- Users' subjective assessment [Time frame: 1 day]
- Diagnostic quality [Time frame: 1 day]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All patients in whom the treating Rega team uses POCUS pre-hospital
- existing written General Consent (with permission to use patient data for research)
Exclusion criteria
- Age \<18 years
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Switzerland · 1 center
- Swiss Air Rescue Rega — Zurich
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06602856 · 2024-01154