Influence of the Education in Layperson in Out of Hospital Resuscitation

NCT02473679 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KEK2014 - 0665
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,662
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Cardiac arrest occurs frequently and the outcome after out-of-hospital resuscitation is often fatal. Disturbing is that more than half of the surviving patients suffer from permanent impairment of cognitive functions, such attention, memory and executive functioning. With all the efforts to achieve a high quality initial resuscitation management the time delay between cardiac arrest and the beginning the initial resuscitation maneuver is the main reason for the still poor outcome. To shorten this fatal time delay, current efforts of national and supranational health authorities aime at the non-medically trained lay person, who should carry out basic life support directly on the scene supported by the use of public available semi-automatic defibrillators (AED).

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest, Sudden; Heart Arrest

Keywords

First Responder; BLS; AED; Resuscitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Time line for restoration the circulation

  Timeline for restoration the circulation after layperson started the reanimation

  participants will be followed from origin of the event up to 12 month or death

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Time interval to first shock ,

  participants will be followed from origin of the event up to 12 month or death

• Neurologic outcome

  participants will be followed from origin of the event for duration of hospital stay, follow up after 12 month or death

• Time interval removal from ICU as well as discharged from hospital

  participants will be followed from origin of the event up to 12 month or death

• Definitive survival rate

  participants will be followed from origin of the event up to 12 month or death

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Out of hospital patients suffered or suffering cardiac arrest, who were or will be resuscitated by laypersons, city police and/or trained emergency medical services teams who were called to the emergency

You may qualify if:

• All Out of hospital patients suffering cardiac arrest in Zurich City, resuscitated by lay persons, city police and or trained emergency medical services

You may not qualify if:

• individuals with cardiac arrest occurring in the presence of EMS
• individuals in whom there were apparent toxic, traumatic or suicidal etiologies for unconsciousness
• drowned individuals and individuals with terminal illness
• documented negation of data collection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Zurich: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Heart Arrest

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Death, Sudden; Death; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Donat R Spahn, Prof

  IFA, University Hospital Zurich

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2015
• First Posted: June 16, 2015
• Study Start: January 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: July 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 2, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Locations

CH (1)