Simulation-Based Study of Adding Video Communication to Dispatch Instruction

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Study Focused on Impact of Adding Video Communication to Dispatch Instruction on the Quality of CPR, Including Chest Compressions and Rescue Breaths, in Simulated Cardiac Arrests

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00564616
• Other study ID #: 200708079R
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 26, 2007
• Last updated: November 26, 2007
• Start date: April 2007
• Est. completion date: October 2007

Study information

• Verified date: November 2007
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding interactive video communication to dispatch instruction improves the quality of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in simulated cardiac arrests.

Description:

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading cause of adult death and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) significantly improves survival. Dispatch assistance increases the chance of bystander CPR but the quality of dispatcher-assisted CPR (DA-CPR) remains unsatisfactory. This study is conducted to assess the effect of adding interactive video communication to dispatch instruction on the quality of bystander CPR, including chest compressions and rescue breathing, in simulated cardiac arrests.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: October 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteers above 16 years of age who have not received any CPR training within the last 5 years were recruited.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Healthcare providers, non-Mandarin speaking individuals, and those with illness/physical conditions that prevent them from receiving telephone instructions or performing CPR were excluded.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Device:
• video cell phone
the "voice group" received voice CPR instruction via a voice-only cell phone, and the "video group" received interactive voice and video instruction via a video cell phone

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

References & Publications (1)

Cheung S, Deakin CD, Hsu R, Petley GW, Clewlow F. A prospective manikin-based observational study of telephone-directed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation. 2007 Mar;72(3):425-35. Epub 2007 Jan 16. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	quality of chest compressions and rescue breaths		every 30 seconds
Secondary	spent time to first effective chest compression and rescue breath		expressed as seconds