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Simulation-Based Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure Patients

NCT07592598 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2026-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to co-design a cardiac POCUS simulation training intervention and implementation strategy for EM clinicians and evaluate the effectiveness of the cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) simulation-based training (CPST) and CPG implementation. By performing this study, the investigators hope to improve diagnostic processes and time-to-diuretic dosing for acute heart failure (AHF) patients.

Conditions

  • Heart Failure Acute
  • Point-of-care Ultrasound
  • Simulation Training
  • Implementation Science

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Simulation POCUS training

Uses adaptive Experience-Based Co-design (EBCD) to co-design a cardiac POCUS simulation training intervention and implementation strategy for EM clinicians. The cardiac POCUS training workshop and reinforcement sessions will be co-designed with ED leadership, ultrasound faculty, and key stakeholders. Participants will then perform cardiac and lung POCUS using standardized clinical practice guidelines (CPG) in AHF patients as part of clinical care.

BEHAVIORAL

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines will instruct clinicians on how to perform POCUS, save the images, complete worksheets on the archiving platform, and signed so that images are saved to the patient's chart and billed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Theophanous · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-01
Primary Completion
2030-12-31
Completion
2030-12-31

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