Time to Defibrillation Using Automated External Defibrillators by Pediatric Residents in Simulated Cardiac Arrests

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatric Residents

• Registration Number: NCT00640354
• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Brief Summary

Automated external defibrillators have improved survival for adult in hospital cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators are approved for children aged 1 year and older for out of hospital cardiac arrests. It is unknown whether automated external defibrillators have a role for in hospital pediatric cardiac arrests.

The purpose of study is to compare the management of cardiac rhythm disorders by pediatric residents using an automated external defibrillator versus a standard defibrillator in simulated pediatric cardiac arrests.

It is our hypothesis that residents using an automated external defibrillator will have a shorter time to defibrillation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-12
• Primary Completion: 2007-02
• Study Completion: 2007-02
• Study First Submitted: 2008-03-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-03-18
• Study First Posted: 2008-03-21
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to defibrillation	Within 5 minutes of the start of the simulated cardiac arrest

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Texas Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States