Clinical trial NCT06070077: CPR Quality in Via Ferrata Rescues
Official title: Enhancing Safety on the Edge: A Comprehensive Case Report on the Quality of CPR Performance in Via Ferrata Rescues
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Resuscitation
Prehospital Emergency
Keywords: resuscitation
via ferrata
head up CPR
mountain CPR
quality of resuscitation
Lead sponsor: Zdravotnicka Zachranna Sluzba Karlovarskeho Kraje, P.O.
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Fire and Rescue Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
name: SnT Plus, Prague, Czech Republic
First posted: 2023-10-06
Enrollment: 6
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The population is formed by healthy professional providers of first aid - paramedics, fire fighters, physicians - with duty to respond.

Brief summary: This study evaluates the effectiveness of CPR during via ferrata rescues, focusing on response quality and outcomes in challenging outdoor settings.

Detailed description: This study investigates the quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) provided during via ferrata rescues, where challenging terrain pose unique challenges to lifesaving efforts. Via ferratas are popular adventure routes that often require swift emergency responses in cases of cardiac events or accidents. Our comprehensive case report scrutinizes CPR performance in these high-risk settings, examining critical factors such as compressions quality, rescue team coordination and safety. By shedding light on the effectiveness of CPR in via ferrata scenarios, this research aims to improve safety protocols and enhance the chances of survival for adventurers facing cardiac emergencies in remote and demanding environments.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* professional provider of first aid (e. g. paramedic, fire fighter, physician)
* healthy provider (e. g. no active healthcare problem that can compromise the quality of CPR)

Exclusion Criteria:

* active health care problem (e. g. fever, cough, cold etc.)
* inability to provide safety on via ferrata

Primary outcomes:
measure: Depth of chest compressions (cm)
timeFrame: 2 minutes
measure: Chest recoil (cm)
timeFrame: 2 minutes
measure: Frequency of chest compressions (n/min)
timeFrame: 2 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Safety of the rescuer (YES/NO)
timeFrame: 2 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Slany
country: Czechia
facility: Via Ferrata Slany
state: Czech Republic
Study officials:
affiliation: Emergency Medical Services of Karlovy Vary Region; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and FNKV University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
name: David Peran, PhD, FERC
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Emergency Medical Services of Karlovy Vary Region; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and FNKV University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
name: Roman Sykora, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Emergency Medical Services of Zlin Region; Czech Society for Mountain Medicine
name: Jana Kubalova, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Fire and Rescue Services of Central Bohemian Region
name: Martin Vondra, plk. Ing.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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