NCT06491186

Pulse Checks Using Femoral Artery B-Mode Ultrasound With Compressibility Assessment

Femoral Artery Ultrasound With Compressibility Assessment as a Method for Pulse Checks in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective Exploratory Study.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 69 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The goal of this prospective observational study is to investigate B-mode point-of care ultrasound with arterial compressibility assessment on the femoral artery as a method to determine the presence of a pulse and to compare it with concurrently conducted manual pulse checks.

Detailed description

In this prospective observational study, a dedicated research team will be dispatched to cardiac arrest patients treated in the prehospital environment by emergency medical services (EMS). The team will use a portable ultrasound device to identify the femoral artery and employ B-mode ultrasound during rhythm checks. These ultrasound pulse checks will be conducted in parallel with the normal treatment of the patient, including manual pulse checks, and will only be conducted if ultrasound is possible without interference in the resuscitation. All treatment decisions will rest with the treating EMS team.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Point of Care Ultrasound	Point-of-care ultrasound will be used to image the femoral vessels and to assess the presence or absence of a pulse and the compressibility of the artery during rhythm checks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-02
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-07-09
• Last updated: 2024-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria