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Clinical Trials/NCT03633370
NCT03633370
Completed
Not Applicable

Multifaceted Intervention for Increasing Performance of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Laypersons in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest. A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

University Hospital, Grenoble15 sites in 1 country2,481 target enrollmentAugust 27, 2018
ConditionsCardiac Arrest

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Cardiac Arrest
Sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Enrollment
2481
Locations
15
Primary Endpoint
CPR initiated by bystanders before the arrival of first professionals rescuers
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Cardiac arrest (CA) early recognition is essential in order to rapidly activate emergency services and for bystanders to begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

As soon as a call is received, EMS dispatchers should try to identify CA. This may be difficult, in a context of stress and distress of the person calling. Yet, it is vital for bystanders to initiate CPR. Survival can be multiplied by 2 to 4 if the bystanders initiate a CPR before the arrival of the emergency medical services.

This work aim to assess a multifaceted intervention combining 3 elements to improve the initial phone recognition of CA and raise the number of patients benefiting from CPR before EMS arrival on scene.

The first element is a dispatcher training to the early phone recognition of CA. This training will be based on the concept of active teaching, favouring the interactive work of learners in particular by listening to real dispatch recordings. It will be completed by continuing education with a distance teaching platform including the systematic listening of recorded CA calls.

The second element is based on the deployment of a software aiming to notify CA thanks to mobile phones. This system interfaced to a control software enables to request the participation of CPR-trained volunteers automatically. The volunteers have to be located in the patient's surroundings. The deployment of this mobile application will rely on first-aid volunteers, health personal and any trained volunteers willing to participate. A randomized control study in one city area proved the efficiency of a similar software to improve the proportion of CPR by bystanders.

The third element consists in a motivational feedback. A weekly overview of the management and the outcomes of patients who suffered CA will be broadcast to all the responders and volunteers in the mobile application.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
August 27, 2018
End Date
March 20, 2022
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Sequential
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All adults with nontraumatic, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest diagnosed during the emergency medical service call
  • Cardiac arrest located in urban area

Exclusion Criteria

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Patients under the law
  • Patients deprived of liberty by court ruling or administrative ruling
  • Traumatic cardiac arrest
  • CA occurring under the eyes of a professional emergency services patrol on duty
  • Cardiac arrest for which resuscitation seem unjustified (inevitable death, terminally ill irreversible condition, too long duration of cardiac arrest, non-resuscitation personal directive...)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

CPR initiated by bystanders before the arrival of first professionals rescuers

Time Frame: Day 0

Proportion of patients who's received CPR initiated by bystander before EMS arrival.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Survival at 72h after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest(72 hours)
  • Return of Spontaneous Circulation(Day 0)
  • Survival to hospital admission(Day 0)
  • Survival to hospital discharge(up to 30 days)
  • Survival at 30 days(30 days)
  • Neurological functional status CPC(up to 30 days)
  • Neurological functional status mRS(30 days)
  • First recorded rhythm(30 min)

Study Sites (15)

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