A Survey of Factors Associated With the Successful Recognition of Agonal Breathing and Cardiac Arrest.

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Survey of Factors Associated With the Successful Recognition of Agonal Breathing and Cardiac Arrest by 9-1-1 Call Takers.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00848588
• Other study ID #: PLP 6566
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall goal of this pilot study is to design and conduct a survey of 9-1-1 call takers in the province of Ontario, Canada to better understand the factors associated with the successful identification of cardiac arrest (including victims with agonal breathing) over the phone. Specific objectives are:

1. To conduct iterative semi-structured interviews to identify behavioural factors influencing identification of cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 call takers;

2. To develop a survey instrument about behavioural factors influencing the ability of 9-1-1 call takers to identify cardiac arrest based on a systematic review of the literature, the results of the semi-structured interviews, and theoretical constructs from the Theory of Planned Behaviour; and

3. To conduct a survey among Ontario 9-1-1 call takers using the survey instrument, and to identify factors and strategies that might be targeted by Knowledge Translation interventions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 404
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 9-1-1 call-takers, male or female, full or part-time, employed in an eligible Ambulance Communication Centre

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ambulance Communication Centre Managers, support staff or administrative staff

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	Ottawa	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intention to Give CPR Instructions	Median intention to give CPR instructions when agonal breathing is present	During a call with a victim potentially in cardiac arrest