The Effect of T-CPR on the Quality of CPR and AED Use

NCT03690102 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CAMES/AkutBeredskabet_2018_001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 153
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of telephone assistance and standardized basic life support courses on the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated external defibrillator (AED). The investigators hypothesize that bystanders can provide compressions in correct frequency and use an AED correctly as well as safely from telephone instructions but that correct and successful ventilations including correct open airway require training on a course.

Conditions

Basic Cardiac Life Support; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Compression depth

  Keeps a compression depth as recommended by International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) (5-6 cm) on at least 50 % of compressions (yes/no). Measured by advanced manikin.

  8 minutes

• Compression rate

  Rescuer keeps a compression rate of approximately 100-120 compressions per min. throughout the CPR (yes/no). Measured by advanced manikin.

  8 minutes

• Shock delivered

  Shock delivered with AED (yes/no). Assessed by ERC instructor.

  8 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (15)

• Hands-of time

  8 minutes

• Responsiveness

  8 minutes

• Open airway

  8 minutes

• Assess breathing

  8 minutes

• Recoil/lean

  8 minutes

Study Arms (3)

No BLS course. With T-CPR.

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant is presented for a cardiac arrest scenario before attending the ERC standardized BLS course. During the scenario test, the participant will receive T-CPR.

Other: T-CPR

With BLS course. No T-CPR.

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant is presented for a cardiac arrest scenario after completion of the ERC standardized BLS course. During the scenario test, the participant will not receive T-CPR.

Other: ERC standardized BLS course

With BLS course. With T-CPR.

EXPERIMENTAL

The participant is presented for a cardiac arrest scenario after completion of the ERC standardized BLS course. During the scenario test, the participant will receive T-CPR.

Other: T-CPR; Other: ERC standardized BLS course

Interventions

T-CPR OTHER

Participants receive telephone instructions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) from the Emergency Medical Services in Copenhagen during the cardiac arrest scenario test.

No BLS course. With T-CPR.; With BLS course. With T-CPR.

ERC standardized BLS course OTHER

Participants will receive and complete the standardized course in basic life support (BLS) from European Resuscitation Council (ERC).

With BLS course. No T-CPR.; With BLS course. With T-CPR.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participant at a European Resuscitation Council standardized basic life support course. Participants are enrolled from courses for university students, courses for elderly and courses for recruits in the Danish Emergency Management Agency.

You may not qualify if:

• Basic life support course within the last two years.
• Healthcare professional or background as healthcare professional.
• Instructor in basic life support or first aid.
• Lifeguard or background as lifeguard.
• Does not want to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation: lead
• TrygFonden, Denmark: collaborator
• Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark: collaborator
• University of Southern Denmark: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

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Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark

Location

Study Officials

• Freddy Lippert

  Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Doris Oestergaard

  Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Researcher, medical student

Model Details: Parallel Assignment Participants are randomized to one of three groups (stratified for course type, using computer-generated lists with variable block sizes): Participants are given a cardiac arrest scenario test either before or after a European Resuscitation Council standardized basic life support course. Two of the groups receive instructions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a dispatcher when they call the Emergency Medical Services.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2018
• First Posted: October 1, 2018
• Study Start: September 30, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 23, 2020
• Study Completion: August 23, 2020
• Last Updated: February 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)