Clinical trial NCT05639868: Effectiveness of Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Official title: Is Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation More Effective Than Telephone-assisted or Not-instructed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Laypeople? - a Randomized Controlled Simulation Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cardiac Arrest
Lead sponsor: University of Pecs
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-12-06
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone.

Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (effectiveness of chest compression, time parameters eg. time to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Detailed description: Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. EMS dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander smartphone.

Effectiveness of V-CPR has only been investigated to a limited extent. Comparing effectiveness of V-CPR (quality of chest compressions: depth, rate, hand position), time parameters: time to recognize cardiac arrest, time of check breathing, total no-flow time, to first chest compression) to T-CPR and non-instructed CPR can be useful to implement V-CPR technology.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* healthy volunteer

Exclusion Criteria:

* healthcare professionals (paramedics, nurses, etc.)
* pregnant women
* people with cardio-pulmonary and musculoskeletal diseases or any other impairment that would risk harm for the volunteer while performing CPR for 2 minutes
* psychological disabilities

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of chest compressions (depth of chest compressions).
timeFrame: During procedure
measure: Quality of chest compressions (rate of chest compressions).
timeFrame: During procedure
measure: Quality of chest compressions (hand position of chest compressions).
timeFrame: During procedure
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Time factors of CPR
timeFrame: During procedure
measure: Attitude of bystanders.
timeFrame: Immediately after the CPR procedure (within 15 minutes)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pécs
country: Hungary
facility: University of Pécs
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pecs
name: Bálint Bánfai, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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