Keller Prehospital Ultrasound Study

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Ultrasonography, Multiple Trauma, Kidney Calculi, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Pregnancy, Catheterization, Venous

In brief

The study is based on the premise that ultrasound is not commonly used in an ambulance. There are some departments that do deploy it into the field, but of those departments there is almost no data collected about its use. Currently Paramedics are not recognized by insurance companies as health care providers capable of performing ultrasound. If there were more data on the subject that may eventually change. We are hoping to prove that not only is ultrasound useful in an ambulance, but that paramedics are good at interpreting the results. We will save images, the paramedic's diagnosis and some basic information about the call. We will not save any protected health information (PHI) or any information linking the subject to the study. The data collected will be sent to a non-biased ultrasound reviewer to grade the images for the accuracy of diagnosis and the quality of the view obtained. This data will be used to formulate a report and statistics on paramedic's ability to perform ultrasound in the field.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01074112

Run by

Keller Fire Rescue

People needed

30

Starts

2010-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-02-24

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Activation of the Keller Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Service
• Meets disease process criteria described earlier

You may not qualify if…

• Does not meet the disease process criteria

Where it is running

• Keller Fire Rescue — Keller, Texas, United States

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