Improving Defibrillation Pad Position

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Device: Pad positioning according to a manufacturer's diagram

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03476720

TBC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Manufacturer's diagrams showing defibrillation pad positioning (as used on public access defibrillators) are anatomically incorrect and are likely to lead to poor position of defibrillation pads, with reduced defibrillation efficacy.

We will ask untrained members of the public to observe the diagrams and place pads as indicated on the diagram. We will asses the accuracy of pad placement and repeat the study using an anatomically correct diagram to see if we can improve the accuracy of pad placement.

Full description

As above

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 16 yrs age and willing to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous BLS training
• Previous AED training
• Clinical staff (doctor, nurse, HCA, paramedic etc)