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A study of the use of debriefing to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation delivery at in-hospital adult cardiac arrest

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics)
Disease: Critical Care
Circulatory System
Cardiac arrest, unspecified
Registration Number
ISRCTN39758339
Lead Sponsor
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
520
Inclusion Criteria

1. Male & female, lower age limit 18 years
2. Patients sustaining a cardiac arrest at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust hospitals, which is attended by the hospital emergency team and where resuscitation is attempted

Exclusion Criteria

Current exclusion criteria as of 21/08/2013:
1. Valid DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) order

Previous exclusion criteria:
1. Valid DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) order
2. Traumatic cardiac arrest

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Chest compression depth; timepoint(s): during cardiac arrest
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Added 21/08/2013:<br>1. Process-based outcomes (all measured by the defibrillator during the cardiac arrest event):<br>1.1. Chest compression rate<br>1.2. No-flow time<br>1.3. Incidence of compression leaning<br>1.4. Peri-shock pause<br>1.5. Appropriateness of shocks<br>1.6. Time to first shock<br><br>2. Patient-based outcomes: <br>2.1. Return of spontaneous circulation, recorded at 20 minutes following the cardiac arrest event<br>2.2. Survival to hospital discharge, measured at hospital discharge<br>2.3. Neurological status at discharge, measured at hospital discharge using the cerebral performance category score
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