MultiCPR: The Influence of Resuscitation on History Recall

NCT07451730 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: MultiCPR_4
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this randomized crossover trial, participants begin with chest compressions at a 30:2 ratio while a study team member provides ventilation. In Scenario A, participants perform two-person CPR and receive a prerecorded patient history after 30 seconds. In Scenario B, participants only listen to the patient's history without performing CPR or any concurrent task. To control for time-dependent memory decay, Scenario B includes a 3-minute delay before completing the questionnaire, matching the interval between information exposure and recall in Scenario A. After each scenario, participants complete the NASA-TLX workload assessment and a semi-open questionnaire on the patient's history. A modified Brown-Peterson task follows as a washout period: participants subtract 3 repeatedly from 309 for 1 minute, followed by 4 minutes of rest without phone use or conversation. Calculation performance is not analyzed.

Conditions

Multitasking Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• History items

  Number of correct items

  during 2x4 minutes of inclusion

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• NASA-TLX

  during 2x4 minutes of inclusion

Study Arms (2)

Ventilations/CPR

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Recall of a previously heard history during/without CPR - cross over design to decide what to do first, NASA-TLX will be measured

Behavioral: Recall of History; Procedure: CPR

no ventilations/CPR

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Recall of a previously heard history during/without CPR - cross over design to decide what to do first, NASA-TLX will be measured

Behavioral: Recall of History

Interventions

Recall of History BEHAVIORAL

Recall of history heard during or without performing CPR

Ventilations/CPR; no ventilations/CPR

CPR PROCEDURE

Performing CPR in a 30:2 manner

Ventilations/CPR

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Healthy medical professionals trained in CPR (paramedics, prehospital emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, internal medicine doctors, nurses, midwifery students, pediatricians)
• CPR Training in the last four years
• Fit and rested.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Pregnant probands

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Vienna: lead

Study Sites (1)

Academic Simulation Center

Vienna, State of Vienna, 1210, Austria

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Multitasking Behavior

Interventions

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Resuscitation; Emergency Treatment; Therapeutics

Central Study Contacts

Mathias Maleczek, MD

CONTACT

+4314040041020; mathias.maleczek@meduniwien.ac.at

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2026
• First Posted: March 5, 2026
• Study Start: February 25, 2026
• Primary Completion: April 28, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Last Updated: May 13, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AU (1)