Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in Winterthur - an Outcome Study

Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resuscitation

Treatments: Other: Interview

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02625883

Resuscitation in Winterthur

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will retrospectively examine all patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation by the emergency medical Team (EMT) from the Kantonsspital Winterthur in the year 2013 with a two year follow-up and a structured interview about Quality of life. Furthermore, the costs generated by the local health system are analysed.

Full description

The Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the Quality of out-of-Hospital resuscitation by the ambulance Service from the Kantonsspital Winterthur including a 2-year follow-up of the survivors. In this follow-up we evaluate the Quality of life by a validated questionnaire.

The following endpoints will be retrospectively analysed:

time-to-Response Interval; Initial cardiac rhythm; medications given; number of Defibrillations; return of spontaneous circulation, Overall costs for the local health System

Furthermore length of hospital-stay, survival until Hospital discharge, one-year survival, Quality of life two years after resuscitation and total costs will be analysed.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation in Winterthur in the year 2013 and treatment by the emergency medical team from the Kantonsspital Winterthur
• Written informed consent of patients for structured interview

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with resuscitation but death on Scene
• no written informed consent from patients for structured interview

Trial design

151 participants in 1 patient group

Survivors

Description:

Patients with out-of-Hospital resuscitation and return of spontaneous circulation. Structured interview for quality of life (questionnaire) one year after resuscitation.

Treatment:

Other: Interview