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 ThemesSubtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics)Disease: Critical CareCirculatory SystemCardiac 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
Name Time Method Chest compression depth; timepoint(s): during cardiac arrest
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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