A Comparison of CPR Outcomes Between Traditional and Endomorphic Manikins With and Without Equipment

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Comparison of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes Between Traditional and Endomorphic Manikins

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04283214
• Other study ID #: HE20101
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 16, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: North Dakota State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study's research design is a randomized experiment. 50 emergency responders (emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics) will be recruited for this research. All data collection will take place in Lab 14 of the Benson Bunker Fieldhouse or a professional, confidential location of the participant's choosing.

Prior to CPR performance, participants will be given an informed consent form to sign. The form will be explained in detail by the researcher collecting data. After obtaining informed consent, participants will be asked to fill out a demographic questionnaire to collect information such as age, gender, years of emergency responder experience/employment, and years of CPR certification. Demographic information provided by participants will be utilized in data analysis. The demographics form should take approximately five minutes to complete. Participants will be randomly assigned to the four trials they will partake in and instructed via oral script (one for over and one for under football shoulder pads) to perform four-trials total of three-minute single-rescuer CPR on both a traditional CPR manikin and "Fat Old Fred" (bariatric) CPR manikin. CPR must be performed in accordance with the American Heart Association's 2015 CPR Guidelines and participants will use a CPRmeter 2 device to collect data to determine the quality of CPR components (chest compression depth/recoil, compression rate, CPR compression duration, mean depth, mean rate, and total number of compressions). The entire study session should take 25 to 30 minutes to complete.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: March 16, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 16, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Emergency responders employed through the ambulance stations located in North Dakota and Minnesota

• Current CPR/first-aid certification

• Active clinician, educator, or administrator.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cardiovascular conditions inhibiting CPR performance

• Respiratory conditions inhibiting CPR performance

• Musculoskeletal conditions inhibiting CPR performance

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Other:
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation based on 2015 American Heart Association guidelines with and without protective equipment on traditional and endomorphic manikins

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	North Dakota State University	Fargo	North Dakota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
North Dakota State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Compression depth %	percent of time chest is compressed to adequate depth	2 minutes
Primary	Compression rate	number of compressions per minute	2 minutes
Primary	Chest recoil	percent of time chest fully recoils	2 minutes
Primary	Compression depth	average depth of compressions	2 minutes
Primary	Compression rate %	percent of time compressions are performed at an adequate rate	2 minutes