CPR Surface Choice on Chest Compression Quality

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Simulation of Physical Illness; Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Other: Bed; Other: Floor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06406101

HCBCPR_24147

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of our randomized simulation study on mannequins with a population of Basic Life Support students is to compare the quality of chest compressions, taking depth as the main variable, in two simulated scenarios of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on a bed: one where Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is performed on the bed and another where the patient is transferred to the ground for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Enrollment: 147 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those individuals who sign the informed consent and do not meet exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria: Individuals with any limitation or contraindication for physical exercise:

• Arthritis
• Heart disease
• Advanced lung disease
• Severe physical disability
• Morbid obesity
• Chronic fatigue
• Pregnancy

Withdrawal Criteria:

• Those individuals who, due to limitations in physical exercise, do not reach 2 minutes of compressions
• Students who have not obtained the certificate of successfully completing the course.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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147 participants in 2 patient groups

Floor

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Floor

Bed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Bed