Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Epidemiology and Outcomes in Kaunas 2016-2021

Completed

• Conditions: Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• Interventions: Other: Dispatcher protocol change

• Registration Number: NCT04784117
• Lead Sponsor: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Brief Summary

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rate is common problem, because of high mortality rate. It is not clear incidence rate, epidemiology and outcomes in Lithuania and Kaunas city included.

Detailed Description

This data reported according to UTSTEIN guidelines could be compared with other countries from the region although not much data is available, but it will be a baseline for future references about processes in patient management, demographics, incidence rate and OHCA outcomes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-05
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-12-31
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

• OHCA patients of all ages more than 18 years-old with resuscitation commenced or continued by EMS personnel were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• obviously dead patients, were excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Subgroup 2019-2021	Dispatcher protocol change	Subgroup after change of dispatcher protocol

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The detection of death will be shorter	31 Dec 2021

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The survival rate will increase	31 Dec 2021

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Lithuanian university of health sciences hospital Kaunas clinics; 🇱🇹 Kaunas, Lithuania

Kaunas city ambulance station; 🇱🇹 Kaunas, Lithuania