protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06334718, orgStudyIdInfo id: 318417, secondaryIdInfos id: NIHR204382, type: OTHER_GRANT, domain: National Institute for Health and Care Research, briefTitle: Drone Delivered Defibrillators (The 3D Project)., statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-03-29, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-08-22, completionDateStruct date: 2024-10-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-28, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-04-09, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: University of Warwick, class: OTHER, collaborators name: Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust, descriptionModule briefSummary: The goal of this observational study is to explore the optimisation and integration of a drone-delivered Automated External Defibrillator (AED) system into the pre-hospital response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The study is being conducted by the University of Warwick and Welsh Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (both in the UK)There are two separate packages of work. In work package 1 the investigators will interview people who have been involved in emergency (999) calls for cardiac arrest, asking them about their experiences with the call-handler and how they feel they might have responded if they had received an AED that had been delivered by a flying drone.In work package 2 the investigators will conduct simulated cardiac arrests. The participants in the study will make an emergency (999) call to a trained call-handler and, once the cardiac arrest is identified during the call, a drone will be activated from a distant location and fly up to 2km to the test site and deliver an AED. The investigators will record how long it takes to retrieve and attach the AED, and ask the participants for their views about the interaction with the call-handler, AED and drone., conditionsModule conditions: Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, designModule studyType: OBSERVATIONAL, designInfo observationalModel: CASE_ONLY, timePerspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL, enrollmentInfo count: 44, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Interviews and simulation, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Time away from patient's side (SIMULATION), primaryOutcomes measure: Barriers and facilitators to drone-delivered AED use (INTERVIEW), secondaryOutcomes measure: Interventions to overcome barriers to drone delivered AED use (INTERVIEW), secondaryOutcomes measure: Hands off CPR time (SIMULATION), secondaryOutcomes measure: Total time from start of 999 call to AED application and first shock (SIMULATION), secondaryOutcomes measure: Total drone flight time (SIMULATION), secondaryOutcomes measure: Time from drone arrival to safe to approach (SIMULATION), eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: University of Warwick, status: RECRUITING, city: Coventry, country: United Kingdom, contacts name: Christopher M Smith, MBChB, PhD, role: CONTACT, phone: (+44)2476151083, geoPoint lat: 52.40656, lon: -1.51217, documentSection largeDocumentModule largeDocs typeAbbrev: Prot, hasProtocol: True, hasSap: False, hasIcf: False, label: Study Protocol, date: 2024-02-27, uploadDate: 2024-03-11T10:47, filename: Prot_000.pdf, size: 1072430, hasResults: False