NCT02002481

Comparison of the Quality of CPR by Professional Helpers (Emergency Physicians / Paramedics) During Flights

Vergleich Der Qualität Der Kardiopulmonalen Reanimation Durch Professioneller Helfer (Notärzte / Rettungsassistenten) während Lufttransporten

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of Cologne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Investigation of the influence of narrowness and unusual circumstances on the CPR-quality

Detailed description

Even for paramedics and emergency physicians, the resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest remains a challenge. Previous studies have shown that the cardiac output varies widely even under normal ambient conditions. Especially the mean frequenices of cardiac compression varies from 60 to 160/min, as well as the now-flow-time. Aim of this study is to investigate how narrowness and movement during a transport affect the CPR-performance. For this, we examine the impact of the common transport options (air and ground) on the outcome-varity on a manikin. The subjects for this study are professional rescuers (emergency physicians / paramedics) who perform a 10 minute ALS-CPR in either normal circumstances (resuscitation-room) or during transportation.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	transport	The manikin will be resuscitated during a transport in a vessel by a professional team (emergency physician / paramedic).

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2013-12-05
• Last updated: 2015-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany