Recognition of a Cardiac Arrest Within the EMS

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Evaluation of the Optimal Time of Recognition of a Cardiac Arrest Within the EMS 95

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05523999
• Other study ID #: CHRD2321
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: September 19, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Hôpital NOVO
• Contact: Maryline Delattre
• Phone: +33 1 30 75 41 31
• Email: maryline.delattre[@]ght-novo.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate the average time taken by the Medical Regulation Assistants (MRA) to detect a cardiac arrest during the call to the EMS as well as the factors influencing this delay. Its main objective is to evaluate the delay, in seconds, between the call being picked up and the recognition of a cardiac arrest by the medical regulation assistant at the EMS 95

Description:

In France, the incidence of cardiac arrest in adults is approximately 40,000 per year. It is a major cause of mortality with an average survival rate of 8%, as well as morbidity, particularly neurological morbidity for surviving patients. The majority of cardiac arrests occur at In France, the incidence of cardiac arrest in adults is approximately 40,000 per year. It is a major cause of mortality with an average survival rate of 8%, as well as morbidity, particularly neurological morbidity for surviving patients. The majority of cardiac arrests occur at home, in the presence of a witness. In the event of a cardiac arrest, every minute counts. Studies have shown that the time between the patient's collapse and the start of ECM (External Cardiac Massage) is directly correlated to the survival rate after a cardiac arrest. According to other studies, a maximum delay of 90 seconds between the call to the EMS and the recognition of the cardiac arrest would be the most optimal for the patient, but is it reached at the EMS 95? This study aims at evaluating the average time taken by the Assistants of Medical Regulation (ARM) to detect a cardiac arrest during the call to the EMS as well as the factors influencing this delay. Its main objective is to evaluate the delay, in seconds, between the call pick-up and the recognition of a cardiac arrest by the medical regulation assistant at the EMS 95. This evaluation will be made in particular by determining the elements of language highlighting the cardiac arrest, those which lengthen the time of detection of the arrest and the delay of starting a procedure by the ARM. The study will be conducted within the EMS and will include a review of the current state of knowledge and experience of the MRAs. This study will be carried out within the EMS 95.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: May 2024
• Est. primary completion date: May 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria :

• Any call resulting in the detection of a cardiac arrest during ARM regulation: calls to 15 and calls transmitted by 18

Exclusion Criteria :

• Traumatic context
• Call involving cardiac arrest already identified as such by the caller or 18
• Call with criteria of proven death
• The caller does not speak French, the linguistic elements noted are not usable.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Intervention

Other:
• Time elapsed between the taking in charge of the call and the recognition of a cardiac arrest by the MRA
Prospective study within the EMS 95, to evaluate if the maximum delay of 90 seconds between the call to the EMS and the recognition of the cardiac arrest is reached.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	EMS department - Hospital René Dubos - Pontoise	Pontoise

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hôpital NOVO

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evaluation, of the time elapsed (seconds) between the taking in charge of the call and the recognition of a cardiac arrest by the medical regulation assistant (ARM) of the EMS 95.	Measure of the time in seconds between picking up the phone and the recognition of the cardiac arrest by the medical regulation assistant	At the end of the study, an average of 5 month
Secondary	Identify language that highlights cardiac arrest	Collection of the initial reason for appeal and everything said by the witness that may point to cardiac arrest	At the end of the study, an average of 5 month
Secondary	Identify language that increases the time to detect cardiac arrest	Collection of everything said by the witness increasing the detection of the cardiac arrest	At the end of the study, an average of 5 month
Secondary	Evaluation of the time required for the MRA to initiate a procedure (AED search: External Automated Defibrillator or initiation of external cardiac massage assistance)	Collection of time (seconds) between : the MRA taking the call and requesting an AED search; the MRA taking the call and the start of external cardiac massage	At the end of the study, an average of 5 month
Secondary	Identification of factors that may influence the time to recognition of cardiac arrest (MRA experience, tone of the call)	Collection of call tone (witness anxiety level) and MRA experience in years	At the end of the study, an average of 5 month