Comparison of the Quality of CPR by Professional Helpers (Emergency Physicians / Paramedics) During Flights (flights)

University Hospital of Cologne

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Other: transport

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02002481

11-289

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of the influence of narrowness and unusual circumstances on the CPR-quality

Full description

Even for paramedics and emergency physicians, the resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest remains a challenge. Previous studies have shown that the cardiac output varies widely even under normal ambient conditions. Especially the mean frequenices of cardiac compression varies from 60 to 160/min, as well as the now-flow-time. Aim of this study is to investigate how narrowness and movement during a transport affect the CPR-performance.

For this, we examine the impact of the common transport options (air and ground) on the outcome-varity on a manikin. The subjects for this study are professional rescuers (emergency physicians / paramedics) who perform a 10 minute ALS-CPR in either normal circumstances (resuscitation-room) or during transportation.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• emergency physician
• paramedic
• > 18 years
• < 60 years

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant
• lay rescuers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

10 minutes ALS-CPR in a normal environment

Transport

Experimental group

Description:

10 minutes ALS-CPR during a transport

Treatment:

Other: transport