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Evaluating Prehospital Lung Ultrasound in EMS

This study is looking at whether using a lung ultrasound (a test that uses sound waves to create images of your lungs) by paramedics can change how patients with breathing difficulties, like those with heart failure (CHF) or fluid in their lungs (pulmonary edema), are treated before they reach the hospital. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, are being treated by emergency medical services (EMS) for shortness of breath, and have certain symptoms like low oxygen or abnormal lung sounds. The main goal is to see how often the ultrasound results lead to a different treatment plan by EMS. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and aims to enroll 1000 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study that plans to enroll 1000 participants. It is a prospective, nonrandomized study.
What's involved
Participants will receive a lung ultrasound exam, but otherwise receive standard evaluation and care. The primary endpoint is measured from the time of patient encounter to patient handoff at the hospital, anticipated to be about one hour.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Follow-up is measured from the time of patient encounter to patient handoff at the hospital, anticipated to be about one hour.

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NCT07549334

Evaluating the Use of Prehospital Lung Ultrasound in EMS: A Multicenter Pilot Study

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalDiagnostic
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
~1,000 participants
Updated 2026-07-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Pulmonary ultrasound

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Frequency with which prehospital lung ultrasound findings result in a change in patient management by EMS
Measured over From time of patient encounter to patient handoff at the hospital. (anticipated average of one hour)

Conditions

Congestive Heart Failure(CHF)
Pulmonary Edema

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 2 states
Delaware1
New Jersey1

Study leadership

  • Danielle Levine, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Christiana Care Health Services
  • Stephen Carroll, DO, MEd · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Christiana Care Health Services
  • Tung-Lin Yuan, DO · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rutgers University

Who to contact

Elizabeth Blizzard
[email protected]
609-955-4412
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Patient treated by Emergency Medical Services
Complaint of dyspnea
Oxygen saturation \<94% on room air
Abnormal lung sounds
Increased work of breathing
Pedal edema
Orthopnea

Exclusion

Pediatric patients (\<18)
Traumatic etiology
Cardiac arrest at any point prehospitally
No ultrasound-trained paramedic involved in patient's care

What this trial measures

  • Frequency with which prehospital lung ultrasound findings result in a change in patient management by EMSFrom time of patient encounter to patient handoff at the hospital. (anticipated average of one hour)

    Frequency of management changes will be compared from before prehospital ultrasound was used to after prehospital ultrasound has been implemented.