Far Forward Battlefield Telemedicine: Evaluation of Handheld Ultrasound

The goal of this study is to improve survival of battlefield trauma through ultrasound telemedicine and remotely guided therapeutics.

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Key information

Conditions

Thoracic Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Specific aims to meet to improve the survival of battlefield trauma are 1)validation of portable ultrasound for diagnosis of various medical and surgical emergencies, ie cardiac tamponade, intraabdominal hemorrhage, 2)Extension of our expertise in digital echocardiography and local telemedicine to support other centers in such procedures as TEE 3)development of wireless telemedicine systems for rapid relay of ultrasonic images from portable ultrasound system to a remote review station. 4)development of a precision guide for diagnostic and therapeutic percutaneous procedures using ultrasound guidance 5)combining wireless telemetry with the guided percutaneous access tool to permit remotely guided emergency procedures 6)augmenting this work(2D/echo) with 3D/echo.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

18-80 yrs old
Scheduled for clinical echocardiogram

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Miniature echo machine

Device

Images captured and real-time and store-and-forward file transfers performed

Primary outcomes

Validation of small portable ultrasound units

Time frame: single time point

paired t-testing and linear regression will be used to test the hypothesis that the small system is equivalent to the full-featured one (mean difference in values not different from 0 and slope of the regression line not different

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Cleveland Clinic

Other

Collaborators

United States Department of Defense

Registry information

Official study title

Far Forward Battlefield Telemedicine:Ultrasound Guidance System (UGS)

Important dates

Study start: 2002
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Feb 14, 2008
Registry last updated: Jan 27, 2017

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