Chest Compression During Resuscitation

Medical University of Warsaw

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Treatments: Device: ARM chest compressions; Other: Manual chest compressions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02703103

02.008.1MR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to evaluate the new mechanical chest compression machine LifeLine ARM in healthcare professionals in simulated model of cardiac arrest.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study
• maximum 1 year of work experience in medicine
• minimum 10 clinical resuscitations
• paramedics

Exclusion criteria

• not meet the above criteria
• wrist or low back diseases
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Experimental group

Description:

standard CPR (30:2) according to European Resuscitation Council 2015 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Treatment:

Other: Manual chest compressions

Device: ARM chest compressions

asynchronous cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Experimental group

Description:

asynchronuos CPR according to European Resuscitation Council 2015 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Treatment:

Other: Manual chest compressions

Device: ARM chest compressions