Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Acute Injury in Low Resource Settings

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT02084225
• Date of registration: 09/03/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Salmon, Margaret, M.D.
• Public title: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Acute Injury in Low Resource Settings
• Scientific title: Feasibility, Perceived Utility and Sustainability of Using Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia by Local Providers in a Limited Resource Conflict Setting
• Date of first enrolment: January 2012
• Target sample size: 60
• Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02084225
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Time Perspective: Prospective
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Congo, Ethiopia

Contacts

• Name: Margaret Salmon, MD MPH
• Affiliation: HEAL Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- participants were chosen by hospital administration

Exclusion Criteria:

- only chosen participants were included



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Acute Injuries

Pain Management

Intervention(s)

Procedure: ultrasound guided regional nerve block

Primary Outcome(s)

Participant perceived utility of ultrasound guided nerve block [Time Frame: study start - ongoing (24 months)]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Participant course satisfaction [Time Frame: at course end (5 days)]

Secondary ID(s)

NB0001

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

The needles and syringes and kit contents were given to the sites by MedShare but the

had no other role in the study.

MedShare - (in kind)

Sonosite/Fuji Film - (in kind)

company had no role in the study.

The ultrasound for the study was given to the sites by Sonosite/Fuji but the company