A Comparison of CPR Outcomes Between Traditional and Endomorphic Manikins With and Without Equipment

North Dakota State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04283214

HE20101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study's research design is a randomized experiment. 50 emergency responders (emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics) will be recruited for this research. All data collection will take place in Lab 14 of the Benson Bunker Fieldhouse or a professional, confidential location of the participant's choosing.

Prior to CPR performance, participants will be given an informed consent form to sign. The form will be explained in detail by the researcher collecting data. After obtaining informed consent, participants will be asked to fill out a demographic questionnaire to collect information such as age, gender, years of emergency responder experience/employment, and years of CPR certification. Demographic information provided by participants will be utilized in data analysis. The demographics form should take approximately five minutes to complete. Participants will be randomly assigned to the four trials they will partake in and instructed via oral script (one for over and one for under football shoulder pads) to perform four-trials total of three-minute single-rescuer CPR on both a traditional CPR manikin and "Fat Old Fred" (bariatric) CPR manikin. CPR must be performed in accordance with the American Heart Association's 2015 CPR Guidelines and participants will use a CPRmeter 2 device to collect data to determine the quality of CPR components (chest compression depth/recoil, compression rate, CPR compression duration, mean depth, mean rate, and total number of compressions). The entire study session should take 25 to 30 minutes to complete.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Emergency responders employed through the ambulance stations located in North Dakota and Minnesota
• Current CPR/first-aid certification
• Active clinician, educator, or administrator.

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiovascular conditions inhibiting CPR performance
• Respiratory conditions inhibiting CPR performance
• Musculoskeletal conditions inhibiting CPR performance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 4 patient groups

Traditional manikin

Active Comparator group

Description:

CPR performed on a traditional manikin

Treatment:

Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Traditional manikin with athletic equipment

Experimental group

Description:

CPR performed on a traditional manikin wearing athletic equipment

Treatment:

Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Bariatric manikin

Experimental group

Description:

CPR performed on a bariatric manikin

Treatment:

Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Bariatric manikin with athletic equipment

Experimental group

Description:

CPR performed on a bariatric manikin wearing athletic equipment

Treatment:

Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation