CORPUS 1 pilot study: evaluating the impact of physical capacity on the quality of single operator continuous-chest-compression-only cardio pulmonary resuscitatio

Completed

• Conditions: Critical cardiac care; Circulatory System; Cardiac care

• Registration Number: ISRCTN70447230
• Lead Sponsor: Heart Centre Hasselt vzw (Belgium)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

1. Active healthcare professionals (12 intensive cardiac care nurses, 3 physicians)
2. Between the ages 18 and 65 years, either sex
3. Working at the Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
4. Subjects were required to be able to achieve a maximal voluntary cardiopulmonary exercise test

Exclusion Criteria

Any chronic disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Average values of compression rate (ECCs/min) and compression depth (mm), obtained after 1 minute, 3 minutes, and for two consecutive time periods of 5 minutes (5 - 10?, 10 - 15?)<br>2. Heart rate during CCR, measured continuously by using a commercial heart rate monitor (Polar, Oy, Finland)<br>3. Blood lactate levels (mmol/L), measured with capillary blood samples taken at baseline and after 5, 10 and 15 minutes and using an automated lactate analyser