Skin Refrigerant to Reduce the Pain Associated With IV Insertion

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the pain of IV catheter insertion in the Emergency Department can be reduced significantly with the use of a rapid acting topical anesthetic spray and to determine whether or not healthcare providers who undergo such treatment are likely to endorse its use in their future practice.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02499965

Run by

Brooke Army Medical Center

People needed

38

Starts

2015-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least 18 years of age
• A healthcare worker who routinely orders or places IV catheters.
• Consents to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• History of hypersensitivity to Ethyl Chloride.
• Break, or swollen in the skin at the proposed IV site.
• Pregnancy or lactating female.
• Recent tattoo in either of the two proposed anatomical areas for IV cannulation.
• Skin infection in either of the two proposed anatomical areas for IV cannulation.
• Missing a contralateral limb to place the second IV.
• Recent trauma to one of the upper extremities or any neuropathic or radicular condition that could affect the participant's perception of pain in the antecubital fossa of each arm.

Where it is running

• Brooke Army Medical Center — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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