Feasibility of TEE During Cardiac Arrest in Dutch Emergency Departments
ConditionCardiac Arrest
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFrisius Medisch Centrum
About this trial
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 criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with cardiac arrest > 18 year in the emergency department.
Disqualifiers
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.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Frisius Medisch Centrum
Lead sponsor
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov