Clinical trials: Acute Care Medical
Maternal, Pediatric Care Emergencies
Does Simulation Scenario Execution Improve Acute Care Skills and Confidence Related to Maternal and Pediatric Care Emergencies?
In Uganda and many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, health providers have minimal training and intermittent opportunity to maintain skills in managing delivery complications and acute newborn and pediatric conditions.
- Trial name
- SimForLife (NCT03258073)
- Testing
- Medical simulation using scenario execution
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Intensive Care Medicine, Acute Care Medical
Functional Incremental Stepping in Place Test (F-IST) Validation
The purpose of this multi-site prospective study is to assess validity of a new step test called Functional-Incremental Stepping-in-place- Test (F-IST) compared to gold-standard cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and to…
- Trial name
- F-IST (NCT06853236)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kirby Mayer
Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load
Training Medical Residents in the Use of the Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) Score for Bedside Volume Assessment.
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of two training approaches (in-person versus remote) for teaching medical residents to apply the Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) score for bedside volume assessment in…
- Conditions
- Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load, Congestion, Congestion, Venous
- Trial name
- NCT07541768
- Testing
- In-person VExUS Training Program, Remote VExUS Training Program, No intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Emergency Medical Services, Nursing Care
High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Addition to Guideline-Based Care in EMS
The TIGER study is a study investigating the utlility of a point-of-care blood analyse of Troponin I to help identify patients with heart attacks in the prehospital emergency care.
- Conditions
- Emergency Medical Services, Nursing Care, Cardiology, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- TIGER (NCT07008391)
- Testing
- high sensitivity Troponin I
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Resource-Limited Setting, Delphi Study
Consensus on Low-resource Setting Definition: An inteRnational Delphi sTudY (CLARITY-LRS)
The term "low-resource setting" (LRS) is widely used in global health and critical care, yet no universally accepted definition exists.
- Conditions
- Resource-Limited Setting, Delphi Study, Consensus, Critical Care
- Trial name
- CLARITY-LRS (NCT07826819)
- Where
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Clinical Centre of Republic of Srpska
Ageing
Ageing and Acute Care Physicians' Performance
The proportion of older acute care physicians (ACPs) has been increasing. Ageing is associated with physiological changes and research investigating how such age-related physiological changes affect clinical performance is…
- Trial name
- NCT02683447
- Testing
- CRM Simulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Pressure Ulcer, Skin Lesion
Prevention of Skin Damage in the Patient in Prone Position: Development of Education Interventions Based on a Training Needs Assessment Study.
This is study 1 of 3 - of the overall project: The ProneTection Quality Improvement Project. The three aims of this study, study 1 are: 1.
- Conditions
- Pressure Ulcer, Skin Lesion, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05238870
- Testing
- Interviews for the needs analysis. No intervention.
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Acute Coronary Syndromes, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Smartphone AI Assistance for Prehospital ECG Interpretation
Prehospital providers interpret 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) under time pressure and without immediate expert support. Missed acute coronary occlusion - occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) - delays reperfusion, while false…
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndromes, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Infarction (MI)
- Trial name
- ECG-IA (NCT07810686)
- Testing
- Smartphone large language model assistance (GPT-4o, version-locked)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- École Supérieure de Soins Ambulanciers - College of Higher Education in Prehospital Care
Effectiveness of Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy for Management of Pain, Anxiety, and Nausea in the Acute Care Setting
The purpose of this interventional study is to investigate the effects of aromatherapy on an acute care unit and whether it is effective in decreasing physical or emotional stressors that occur as a hospitalized patient.
- Trial name
- NCT06400979
- Testing
- Elequil aromatab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Cardiovascular Disease Acute, Emergency Department Patient
Cardiac point-of Care Ultrasound Training Pathway for Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers
The aim of this study is to assess emergency medicine physician and advanced practice provider (APP) knowledge and technical skill in performance of a point-of-care ultrasound simulation and just-in-time training pathway to…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease Acute, Emergency Department Patient, Heart Failure Acute, Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis)
- Trial name
- NCT07159269
- Testing
- Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training and clinical pathway
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University