Arrest 8: maximizing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the use of the automatic external defibrillator
Completed
- Conditions
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)Circulatory SystemCardiac arrest
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72257677
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center (AMC) (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 392
Inclusion Criteria
All patients in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the study area, to whom a study automatic external defibrillator (AED) is applied
Exclusion Criteria
1. Resuscitations because of trauma
2. Persons below the age of 8
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 intensive care unit (ICU) or critical care unit (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 a percentage of total connection time of the AED before return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) <br>2. Amount of chest compressions given during the AED connection time before ROSC<br>3. Moment of the return of organized rhythm (ROOR), in this case, ROOR during AED use<br>4. Rate of recurrence of VF<br>5. Discharged alive from the hospital<br>6. Overall performance categories/cerebral performance categories (OPC/CPC) score on discharge from the hospital