NCT02084225

Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Acute Injury in Low Resource Settings

Feasibility, Perceived Utility and Sustainability of Using Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia by Local Providers in a Limited Resource Conflict Setting

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Salmon, Margaret, M.D. · Individual
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine feasibility, perceived utility and sustainability of training local providers in ultrasound guided regional anesthesia for acute pain management in a limited-resource conflict setting.

Detailed description

To the investigators knowledge, this is the first study of feasibility, perceived utility and sustainability of USRA as a pain management tool in a low-resource conflict setting and is one of the only large studies to date to assess USRA by local providers for emergent pain relief due to injury in patients presenting to an acute care center.

Conditions

• Pain Management
• Acute Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ultrasound guided regional nerve block	participants were the physicians performing the procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2014-03-11
• Last updated: 2014-03-20

Locations

3 sites across 2 countries: Ethiopia, Republic of the Congo