Assessment of the Implementation of the ResQGARD® Impedance Threshold Device by the San Antonio Fire Department
Assessment of the Implementation of the ResQGARD® Impedance Threshold Device by the San Antonio Fire Department
This study is attached to a comprehensive quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI)
 program conducted by the Office of the medical director, and is designed to contribute to
 generalizable knowledge to determine effectiveness and tolerability of an FDA approved
 Impedance Threshold Device (ITD) device in a large urban emergency medical service (EMS)
 system. The cohort will comprise a convenience sample of patients that are being treated by
 EMS for a hypotensive emergency.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  adults between the ages of 18-120 years

 -  presenting to EMS with or development of Hypotension during EMS interaction

 -  treated by EMS with the ITD

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  pediatric patients

 -  patients that do not present with or develop hypotension

 -  patients who the ITD will not form a secure seal due to anatomical abnormalities