Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in Winterthur - an Outcome Study

Completed

• Conditions: Resuscitation
• Interventions: Other: Interview

• Registration Number: NCT02625883
• Lead Sponsor: Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Brief Summary

The investigators will retrospectively examine all patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation by the emergency medical Team (EMT) from the Kantonsspital Winterthur in the year 2013 with a two year follow-up and a structured interview about Quality of life. Furthermore, the costs generated by the local health system are analysed.

Detailed Description

The Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the Quality of out-of-Hospital resuscitation by the ambulance Service from the Kantonsspital Winterthur including a 2-year follow-up of the survivors. In this follow-up we evaluate the Quality of life by a validated questionnaire.

The following endpoints will be retrospectively analysed:

time-to-Response Interval; Initial cardiac rhythm; medications given; number of Defibrillations; return of spontaneous circulation, Overall costs for the local health System

Furthermore length of hospital-stay, survival until Hospital discharge, one-year survival, Quality of life two years after resuscitation and total costs will be analysed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12
• Study First Submitted: 2015-12-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2015-12-09
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-30
• Study Completion: 2019-10-30
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 151

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation in Winterthur in the year 2013 and treatment by the emergency medical team from the Kantonsspital Winterthur
• Written informed consent of patients for structured interview

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with resuscitation but death on Scene
• no written informed consent from patients for structured interview

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Survivors	Interview	Patients with out-of-Hospital resuscitation and return of spontaneous circulation. Structured interview for quality of life (questionnaire) one year after resuscitation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Survival after prehospital cardiac Arrest until discharge of Hospital and a one-year follow-up	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation of direct costs of local health care system	1 year
Quality of life one year after resuscitation	1 year