Effectiveness of Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title:

Is Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation More Effective Than Telephone-assisted or Not-instructed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Laypeople? - a Randomized Controlled Simulation Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05639868
• Other study ID #: Upecs_V-CPR
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: January 23, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: University of Pecs
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone. Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (effectiveness of chest compression, time parameters eg. time to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Description:

Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. EMS dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone. Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (quality of chest compressions: depth, rate, hand position), time parameters: time to recognize cardiac arrest, time of check breathing, total no-flow time, to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: January 23, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 20, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy volunteer

Exclusion Criteria:

• healthcare professionals (paramedics, nurses, etc.)
• pregnant women
• people with cardio-pulmonary and musculoskeletal diseases or any other impairment that would risk harm for the volunteer while performing CPR for 2 minutes
• psychological disabilities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Other:
• Video-assisted CPR
Participants in V-CPR group get video-based (vocal and visual) instructions from the dispatcher.
• Telephone-assisted CPR
Participants in T-CPR group get voice-based (vocal) instructions from the dispatcher.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hungary	University of Pécs	Pécs

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pecs

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hungary, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of chest compressions (depth of chest compressions).	Chest compression depth will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.	During procedure
Primary	Quality of chest compressions (rate of chest compressions).	Chest compression rate will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.	During procedure
Primary	Quality of chest compressions (hand position of chest compressions).	Hand position during chest compression will be evaluated by observation.	During procedure
Secondary	Time factors of CPR	Measuring the time of check breathing, time to recognize cardiac arrest, time to first chest compression, and cumulative time of no-flow time by the CPR software and observation.	During procedure
Secondary	Attitude of bystanders.	Subjective feelings after performing CPR based on a short survey using Likert-scale based queries (lower numbers indicate worse, higher score indicates better opinion).	Immediately after the CPR procedure (within 15 minutes)