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Study name	Nurse led ultrasound guided femoral nerve block in the emergency department (URGENT)
Methods	Parallel RCT (open label) Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained Site: University College of Southeast Norway Data collection: 15 December 2019 to 31 December 2022 Funding: departmental/institutional Registration: NCT04145752
Participants	50 ASA I to IV participants 18 to 110 years of age with radiologically confirmed hip fracture Excluded: dementia, known allergy to local anaesthetic used in femoral nerve block, anticoagulated or using platelet inhibitors (acetylsalicylic acid and dipyridamole are allowed), recent (last 2 hours) international normalized ratio  > 1.5, pregnant women, < 18 years of age, severe head injury that leads to significant loss of consciousness (Glasgow coma score < 12), > 10 mg morphine administered pre‐hospital, skin lesion/infection at block site, admitted with other suspected or verified fracture except small fractures in hands and feet Type of fracture: hip fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: to be determined Surgical technique: to be determined Mean age: (range ): to be determined Percentage female: % to be determined Length of follow‐up: in hospital
Interventions	Intervention: femoral nerve block (N = 25) Comparator: no block (N =25)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Acute confusional state. Opioids. Pneumonia. Myocardial infarction. Mortality. Complications. Not relevant to this review. Agitation. Opioid side effects. Time to perform the procedure. Hospital length of stay. Acute kidney injury.
Starting date	First posted: 31 October 2019 Study start date: 15 December 2019 Study completion date: 31 December 2022 Last update posted: 31 October 2019
Contact information	Espen Lindholm, Tomm Bernklev
Notes	Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI: to be determined