Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access During Earthquake

Ultrasound-guidance for Intraosseous Access Could Provide Benefits for Resuscitation in Out-of-hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: a Field Report During Earthquake on Amatrice (Italy), August 24, 2016

The aim of this field report is to describe as the use ultrasound guidance can facilitate the insertion of intraosseous access, during the resuscitation, in the victims of out-of hospital traumatic cardiac arrest

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma (Disorder)
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Ultrasound guidance

Detailed Description

The aim of this field report is to describe as the use ultrasound guidance can facilitate the insertion of intraosseous access, decreasing the time for drug administration and providing some benefits during the resuscitation, in the victims of out-of hospital traumatic cardiac arrest.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 31

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People under the rubble, after the earthquake

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• traumatic cardiac arrest

Exclusion Criteria:

• non traumatic cardiac arrest
• beheading
• post-mortem hypostasis
• carbonized bodies
• dismembered bodies

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Ultrasound guidance; The ultrasound guidance was used to establish intraosseous access	Device: Ultrasound guidance; The ultrasound guidance was used to obtain intraosseous access
Not ultrasound guidance; The ultrasound guidance was not used to obtain intraosseous access

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Intraosseus access	The time used to esteblish the intraosseus access	up to 10 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Return of spontaneous circulation	The time to obtain the return of spontaneous circulation	up to 1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: San Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 26, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 28, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): April 9, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 16, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 15, 2025
• Last Verified: May 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Heart Arrest
• Other Study ID Numbers: 05/01/2017, n.12

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No