NCT03491787

Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access During Earthquake

Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access Could Provide Benefits for Resuscitation in Out-of-hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: a Field Report During Earthquake on Amatrice (Italy), August 24, 2016

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrasound guidance	The ultrasound guidance was used to obtain intraosseous access

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-26
• Primary completion: 2016-11-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2018-04-09
• Last updated: 2025-05-16

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study