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Feasibility of TEE During Cardiac Arrest in Dutch Emergency Departments

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Frisius Medisch Centrum
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorFrisius Medisch Centrum
Started2024-06-25
Est. completion2025-04-01
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT06249035

Summary

The goal of this feasibility study is to learn if Dutch ED providers are able to use transesophageal echocardiography during cardiac arrest. The main question it aims to answer is: • are the ED providers able to determine the area of maximal compression of the heart using TEE

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with cardiac arrest \> 18 year in the emergency department.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with known upper gastro-intestinal malignancy or strictures, previous upper gastro-intestinal surgery or radiation, or known esophageal varices.
* Patient with a do-not-resuscitate order, pregnant patients and traumatic cardiac arrest.
* No trained TEE provider available.
* ROSC at arrival.
* Decision by the team to stop resuscitation at arrival at the emergency department due of prognosis.
* Other life saving interventions which are prioritized over TEE by the resuscitation team.

Conditions2

Cardiac ArrestHeart Disease

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