Pre-hospital Tourniquet in Extremity Injury

Completed

Conditions studied: Extremity Injury

In brief

2.1. Objective: • Primary Objective: To compare outcomes of patients with extremity injuries presenting with or without pre-hospital tourniquet placement. 2.2. Study Outcome Measures * Primary Outcome: Incidence of arrival in shock (SBP \<90) * Secondary Outcomes: Demographics, comorbidities, mechanism of injury, cause of injury, diagnosis codes, procedure codes, Injury Severity Scale, Abbreviated Injury Scale, operative management vs. non-operative management, radiologic findings, pathologic findings, tourniquet effectiveness (as determined both subjectively by trauma surgeon and objectively by presence vs. absence of pulse below level of tourniquet application), total number of units of blood products transfused within first 24 hrs, total number of units of blood products for index admission, type of blood products or other fluid given, hospital length of stay, ICU length of stay, ventilator days, infectious complications, other complications, discharge disposition, 24 hr mortality, overall mortality.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04216225

Run by

Methodist Health System

People needed

55

Starts

2018-11-01

Expected to finish

2021-12-13

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 y/o Patients with extremity injuries
• With a tourniquet in place OR
• Who the treating physician deems could have benefited from tourniquet placement

You may not qualify if…

• Children
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women
• Patients with non-traumatic bleeding requiring tourniquet use

Where it is running

• Methodist Dallas Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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