Infant Chest Compression

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Arrest

• Registration Number: NCT03004157
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Warsaw

Brief Summary

Pediatric cardiac arrest is an uncommon but critical life-threatening event requiring effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). About 16,000 pediatric cardiac arrests occurs in the United States annually. Only 8% of the patients survive to hospital discharge and of these, up to two-thirds have neurological sequelae. Majority of pediatric cardiac arrest are below age of two and have poorer chance of survival versus older children

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Status Verified: 2016-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-12-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• active paramedics
• voluntary consent

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• back pain
• wrist pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
systolic blood pressure	1 day	The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including systolic blood pressure (SBP)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
diastolic blood pressure	1 day	The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
mean arterial pressure	1 day	The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovia, Poland