Effectiveness of Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiac Arrest
• Interventions: Other: Video-assisted CPR; Other: Telephone-assisted CPR

• Registration Number: NCT05639868
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pecs

Brief Summary

Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone.

Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (effectiveness of chest compression, time parameters eg. time to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Detailed Description

Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. EMS dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone.

Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (quality of chest compressions: depth, rate, hand position), time parameters: time to recognize cardiac arrest, time of check breathing, total no-flow time, to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-14
• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-06
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-20
• Study Completion: 2023-01-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy volunteer

Exclusion Criteria

• healthcare professionals (paramedics, nurses, etc.)
• pregnant women
• people with cardio-pulmonary and musculoskeletal diseases or any other impairment that would risk harm for the volunteer while performing CPR for 2 minutes
• psychological disabilities

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
T-CPR	Video-assisted CPR	Participants perform telephone-assisted CPR based on the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2021 guidelines.
T-CPR	Telephone-assisted CPR	Participants perform telephone-assisted CPR based on the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2021 guidelines.
V-CPR	Video-assisted CPR	Participants perform video-assisted CPR based on the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2021 guidelines.
V-CPR	Telephone-assisted CPR	Participants perform video-assisted CPR based on the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2021 guidelines.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of chest compressions (hand position of chest compressions).	During procedure	Hand position during chest compression will be evaluated by observation.
Quality of chest compressions (rate of chest compressions).	During procedure	Chest compression rate will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.
Quality of chest compressions (depth of chest compressions).	During procedure	Chest compression depth will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time factors of CPR	During procedure	Measuring the time of check breathing, time to recognize cardiac arrest, time to first chest compression, and cumulative time of no-flow time by the CPR software and observation.
Attitude of bystanders.	Immediately after the CPR procedure (within 15 minutes)	Subjective feelings after performing CPR based on a short survey using Likert-scale based queries (lower numbers indicate worse, higher score indicates better opinion).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pécs; 🇭🇺 Pécs, Hungary