Evaluation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Recognition by Non-physicians Dispatchers in a French Emergency Dispatch Call Center

NCT01992419 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: bspp2013
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure an improvement in the detection rate of cardiac arrest (CA) in the Dispatch Center as a result of debriefings and repeated trainings for non-medical operators who receive emergency calls.

Conditions

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

Out-of-hospital Cardiac arrest; telephone dispatch assisted resuscitation; cardiac arrest phone detection

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ratio of CA Detected by the emergency dispatcher

  one year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• o Median time between the start of the emergency call and the pronunciation of the words "chest compressions," by the dispatcher

  one year

Other Outcomes (2)

• Median time elapsed between the start of the emergency call and the actual start of chest compressions by caller

  one year

• Evaluation of the ventilation mode (hand on abdomen YES/NO, count the interval between two ventilatory movements YES/NO)

  one year

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

residents of Paris urban and suburban area

You may qualify if:

• Patient over 15 years old (adult morphology) suffering Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest before or during the call to the Dispatch Center
• Patient who benefited from the installation of a automated external defibrillator (AED) before or at the time of arrival of the rescuers on the scene

You may not qualify if:

• Patient conscious at the time of the call
• OHCA between the end of the phone call and the arrival of rescuers on site
• OHCA after the rescuers' arrival on site
• Dispatch Center alerted on "second line" from another institution (Police, SAMU), without the possibility of joining the first caller.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fire Brigade Of Paris Emergency Medicine Dept: lead

Study Sites (1)

Paris Fire Brigade Emergency Dept

Paris, France, 75017, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Jean-Pierre TOURTIER, MDPhD Prof

  Paris Fire Brigade - Emergency Medical Dept

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Year
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical Doctor, responsible for clinical research at Paris Fire Brigade

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 7, 2013
• First Posted: November 25, 2013
• Study Start: November 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: December 9, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-12

Locations

FR (1)