NCT02646046

Combining Performance of Call EMS and Simultaneous Chest Compressions in a Lone Rescuer CPR

A Study of Evaluation of Effectiveness on the Combining Performance of Call Emergency Medical System (EMS) and Simultaneous Chest Compressions With One Hand in a Lone Rescuer CPR: a Simulation Study Using the Manikin

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Konkuk University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Investigators designed the novel combining technique that rescuer start the chest compression with one hand during calling for help to the Emergency Medical System (EMS) via a cell phone with another hand when he witnessed the arrest victim. This method may be helpful to reduce the hand-off time and increase the faction time of chest compression until the arrival of EMS members. To verify this hypothesis, we conducted a random, controlled simulation study.

Detailed description

This study used a random, controlled design in the simulation setting using a manikin. Study participants were recruited from healthy adult (age \> 18 years) laypersons who attended the BLS training courses provided by the BLS training class. The simulation scenario consists of witness of an out of hospital cardiac arrest and activation of the EMS system with the prepared cellular phone. Interventional method contained the immediate starting of the chest compression with one hand during the calling for help to the EMS via a cell phone with another hand. We compare the quality of CPR between the novel interventional method (start CPR during Call to EMS) and conventional method (First Call to EMS and then start CPR).

Conditions

• Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Combi lone-CPR	When study participants meet the arrest victim (simulated), they start chest compression and call for help to EMS at the same time, then continue the chest compression and 2 breath alternatively until the EMS arrival
BEHAVIORAL	Conventional lone-CPR	When study participants meet the arrest victim (simulated), they first call for help to EMS and then start chest compression and 2 breath alternatively until the EMS arrival

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2016-01-05
• Last updated: 2016-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea