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.
Medical University of Vienna
69 participants
May 2, 2024
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by EMS
- Minimum age of 18 years
Exclusion Criteria7
- Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy
- Disapproval of the treating EMS team
- Adults under legal guardianship
- Inability to perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to limited access to the patient and possible interference with the treating EMS team
- Inability to perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to injuries or anatomic abnormalities in the femoral region or necessary emergent medical interventions in the femoral region
- Decision to transfer the patient to the hospital with ongoing CPR for emergent procedures such as extracorporeal CPR before femoral artery doppler ultrasound could be attempted
- Inability to safely perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to environmental hazards
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Interventions
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.
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NCT06491186