Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality improvement programme
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- In-hospital cardiac arrestsCirculatory SystemCardiac arrests
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN56583860
- 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
- 912
Inclusion Criteria
Patients have to be either 18 or older and suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest where resuscitation is attempted (defined as loss of a pulse requiring the delivery of chest compressions).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient has a Do-not-attempt resuscitation order written and documented in their medical records
2. Cardiac arrest not attended by a resuscitation team
3. Out - of - hospital cardiac arrest
4. Previous participation in this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Survived event [defined as sustained (> 20 minutes) return of spontaneous circulation]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient outcomes<br>1.1. Any return of spontaneous circulation<br>1.2. Survival to hospital discharge<br>1.3. Cerebral performance category of patients at discharge<br>2. Process outcomes <br>2.1. Quality of emergency calls<br>2.2. Chest compression depth, rate<br>2.3. No flow time<br>2.4. Duration of pre and post-shock pauses<br>2.5. Ventilation rate<br>2.6. time to first shock <br>2.7.Appropriate decision to shock<br>3. Team factors<br>3.1. CPR knowledge<br>3.2. Confidence / preparedness