Comparison of the Quality of CPR by Professional Helpers (Emergency Physicians / Paramedics) During Flights

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Vergleich Der Qualität Der Kardiopulmonalen Reanimation Durch Professioneller Helfer (Notärzte / Rettungsassistenten) während Lufttransporten

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02002481
• Other study ID #: 11-289
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 29, 2013
• Last updated: May 2, 2015
• Start date: December 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: University Hospital of Cologne
• Contact: Stefan Braunecker, MD
• Phone: 0221-478-97729
• Email: stefan.braunecker[@]uk-koeln.de
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Investigation of the influence of narrowness and unusual circumstances on the CPR-quality

Description:

Even for paramedics and emergency physicians, the resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest remains a challenge. Previous studies have shown that the cardiac output varies widely even under normal ambient conditions. Especially the mean frequenices of cardiac compression varies from 60 to 160/min, as well as the now-flow-time. Aim of this study is to investigate how narrowness and movement during a transport affect the CPR-performance.

For this, we examine the impact of the common transport options (air and ground) on the outcome-varity on a manikin. The subjects for this study are professional rescuers (emergency physicians / paramedics) who perform a 10 minute ALS-CPR in either normal circumstances (resuscitation-room) or during transportation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• emergency physician

• paramedic

• > 18 years

• < 60 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant

• lay rescuers

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Other:
• transport
The manikin will be resuscitated during a transport in a vessel by a professional team (emergency physician / paramedic).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Uniklinik Köln	Köln	NRW

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital of Cologne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The average achieved cardiac output	The main goal of the study is the average achieved cardiac output. Data acquisition is carried out on a resuscitation-manikin which can measure compression-rate (CR) and compression-depth (CD). The data are recorded by a computer during the CPR. To calculate the cardiac output, we multiply the average CR [1/min] with the average CD [mm] during the 10 min manikin-resuscitation. The thus obtained average cardiac-output (CO = CR x CD), measured in [mm/min], will be compared in each group.	after 10 minutes	No
Secondary	Now-flow-time	Second objective of the study is the time without chest-compression during the 10 minutes ALS-CPR. The now-flow-time is read out of the recorded manikin-data specify, in [min] and [sec]. As a result, the average now-flow-time in each group will be calculated and compared for each group.	after 10 minutes	No

External Links

•   Department for anaesthesiology and intensive care