A Survey of Factors Associated With the Successful Recognition of Agonal Breathing and Cardiac Arrest.

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00848588

PLP 6566

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this pilot study is to design and conduct a survey of 9-1-1 call takers in the province of Ontario, Canada to better understand the factors associated with the successful identification of cardiac arrest (including victims with agonal breathing) over the phone. Specific objectives are:

1. To conduct iterative semi-structured interviews to identify behavioural factors influencing identification of cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 call takers;
2. To develop a survey instrument about behavioural factors influencing the ability of 9-1-1 call takers to identify cardiac arrest based on a systematic review of the literature, the results of the semi-structured interviews, and theoretical constructs from the Theory of Planned Behaviour; and
3. To conduct a survey among Ontario 9-1-1 call takers using the survey instrument, and to identify factors and strategies that might be targeted by Knowledge Translation interventions.

Enrollment: 404 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 9-1-1 call-takers, male or female, full or part-time, employed in an eligible Ambulance Communication Centre

Exclusion criteria

• Ambulance Communication Centre Managers, support staff or administrative staff

Trial design

404 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

Full and part-time 9-1-1 call takers employed at Ambulance Communication Centres in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, as well as the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.