Effectiveness of Pediatric Resuscitation (EPR)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Device: The CPRmeter; Device: The PocketCPR; Device: The CPREazy; Device: Standard BLS; Device: The CPR PRO APP; Device: The CardioPump

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02283034

CPR/2014/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare five CPR feedback devices to standard BLS in terms of the quality of single rescuer pediatric resuscitation. Therefore, the investigators hypothesis was that there would be no difference between CPR methods in terms of chest compression quality parameters.

Full description

Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death worldwide. High-quality chest compressions are of paramount importance for survival and good neurological outcome. Unfortunately, even health professionals have difficulty performing effective CPR. Chest compression (CC) is often too shallow, compression ratio is inadequate, and hands-off time is too long. CPR feedback devices might be an option for rescuers to in order to increase CC efficiency.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study
• medical profession (paramedics, nurses, physicians) or medical students (nurses, paramedics, physicians)

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

With feedback

Experimental group

Description:

Participants compress the chest of the manikin with CPR feedback device.

Treatment:

Device: Standard BLS

Device: Standard BLS

Without feedback

Experimental group

Description:

Participants compress the chest of the manikin without CPR feedback device

Treatment:

Device: The CPRmeter

Device: The CPREazy

Device: The CardioPump

Device: The PocketCPR

Device: Standard BLS

Device: Standard BLS

Device: The CPR PRO APP