Arrest 8: Maximizing CPR during the use of the Automatic External Defibrillator.
- Conditions
- OHCA with application of an AED by first responders
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25217
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medical CentrumMeibergdreef 91105 AZ Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 392
Inclusion Criteria
All patients in OHCA in the study area, to whom a study-AED is applied, are included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Resuscitations because of trauma;
2. Persons below the age of 8 years;
3. Ambulance already present when circulatory arrest occurs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Admission alive in the hospital in ICU or CCU or at intervention procedure, after restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The increase of total time spent on chest compressions and rescue breathing, expressed as % of total connection time of the AED before ROSC; <br>2. Amount of chest compressions given during the AED connection time before ROSC;<br>3. Moment of ROOR, cq ROOR during AED use;<br>4. Rate of recurrence of VF;<br>5. Discharge alive from the hospital;<br>6. OPC/CPC score at discharge from the hospital.