International Termination of Resuscitation Practices

NCT05029180 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 20/55990
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 75
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Neither the international nor the interregional variation in survival following OHCA is fully understood, but may rely on multiple factors such as: organization of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED's), response time, and which subgroups are included as the denominator, (i.e. obvious dead, withholding of resuscitation). Variation in denominators provide an obstacle when comparing outcome between different EMS-systems. Studies have found that Utstein factors explained half of the variation in survival to hospital discharge among different EMS agencies highlighting the importance of further research. Due to the high mortality rate of OHCA, the decision of withholding or withdrawing resuscitative efforts must be made frequently. We find that a description of the differences in initiation and termination of resuscitation of adult patients (\>18 years of age), suffering from non-traumatic OHCA could add an important perspective on the impact of differences in EMS systems across the World regarding the outcome following OHCA.

Conditions

Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

Termination of resuscitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference in termination of resuscitation practices - a questionnaire

  legislation, termination rules, cultural differences, regional differences, description

  1 year

Interventions

Termination of resuscitation OTHER

Do estimate the approaches used worldwide when terminating resuscitative efforts

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

International experts in OHCA

You may qualify if:

• Countries that provide two separate answers

You may not qualify if:

• Countries that do not provide two separate answers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, PhD student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2021
• First Posted: August 31, 2021
• Study Start: May 16, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2022
• Study Completion: September 1, 2022
• Last Updated: May 18, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share