Do Patients Suffering a Cardiac Arrest Present to the Ambulance Service With Symptoms in the Preceeding 48hrs?
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: NEWS2 score
- Registration Number
- NCT04604639
- Brief Summary
A cardiac arrest is often preceeded by a varying period of physiological deterioration which if acted upon may prevent the cardiac arrest. We aim to review patients presenting to the ambulance service with cardiac arrest so see if they had contacted the ambulance service in the preceeding 48 hrs to understand if warning symptoms were missed or not acted upon appropriately.
- Detailed Description
The UK ambulance services are called to attend 60,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) each year. Hospital studies have shown that many patients who suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) have been deteriorating for the preceeding 48 hrs and suggest that many IHCA are potentially avoidable if this deterioration is identified and actued on promptly. No similar study has been performed to see if patients suffering OHCA have also presented with warning signs in the preceeding 48 hrs that were overlooked.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
• All patients seen by SCAS ambulance crews and suffering a cardiac arrest within the following 48 hrs
• None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest NEWS2 score Patients suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to who the ambulance service was requested to attend.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest 48 hours Cardiac arrest following ambulance assessment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
South Central Ambulance Service
🇬🇧Otterbourne, Hampshire, United Kingdom