Pediatric Resuscitation With Feedback CPR Devices (PRFD)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

Treatments: Device: Standard BLS; Device: The TrueCPR feedback device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02281903

CPR/2014/05

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare the TrueCPR feedback device (with metronome) to standard basic life support (BLS) in terms of the quality of single rescuer pediatric resuscitation. Therefore, our hypothesis was that there would be no difference between both 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: 132 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: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 1 patient group

Chest compression of manikins chest

Experimental group

Description:

Compression of pediatric manikins chest according European Resuscitation Council 2010 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Treatment:

Device: Standard BLS

Device: The TrueCPR feedback device