Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in Winterthur - an Outcome Study

Resuscitation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in an Urban Setting in Switzerland - an Outcome Study and Cost Effectiveness Analysis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02625883
• Other study ID #: Resuscitation in Winterthur
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 2015
• Est. completion date: October 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will retrospectively examine all patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation by the emergency medical Team (EMT) from the Kantonsspital Winterthur in the year 2013 with a two year follow-up and a structured interview about Quality of life. Furthermore, the costs generated by the local health system are analysed.

Description:

The Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the Quality of out-of-Hospital resuscitation by the ambulance Service from the Kantonsspital Winterthur including a 2-year follow-up of the survivors. In this follow-up we evaluate the Quality of life by a validated questionnaire.

The following endpoints will be retrospectively analysed:

time-to-Response Interval; Initial cardiac rhythm; medications given; number of Defibrillations; return of spontaneous circulation, Overall costs for the local health System

Furthermore length of hospital-stay, survival until Hospital discharge, one-year survival, Quality of life two years after resuscitation and total costs will be analysed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 151
• Est. completion date: October 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation in Winterthur in the year 2013 and treatment by the emergency medical team from the Kantonsspital Winterthur

• Written informed consent of patients for structured interview

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with resuscitation but death on Scene

• no written informed consent from patients for structured interview

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Resuscitation

Intervention

Other:
• Interview
Interview by validated Quality-of-life-questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Survival after prehospital cardiac Arrest until discharge of Hospital and a one-year follow-up		1 year
Secondary	Evaluation of direct costs of local health care system		1 year
Secondary	Quality of life one year after resuscitation		1 year