Infant Chest Compression

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• Interventions: Procedure: cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• 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

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Two finger technique	cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Two finger technique TFT: the pediatric thorax is compressed with the tips of two fingers and is recommended for lone rescuer during infant CPR by international CPR guidelines
new two-thumb technique	cardiopulmonary resuscitation	new two-thumb technique' (nTTT): this technique consists in using two thumbs directed at the angle of 90 degrees to the chest while closing the fingers of both hands in a fist
Two thumb technique	cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Two thumb technique TTHT: the two thumbs of the rescuer are placed over the lower third of the sternum, with the fingers encircling the torso and supporting the back. This technique is recommended for two rescuers during infant CPR by international CPR guidelines

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