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NCT Number: NCT05639868

Effectiveness of Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Arrest Heart Diseases

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Pécs

Pécs, 7621, Hungary

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Video-assisted CPR

Other

Participants in V-CPR group get video-based (vocal and visual) instructions from the dispatcher.

Telephone-assisted CPR

Other

Participants in T-CPR group get voice-based (vocal) instructions from the dispatcher.

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of chest compressions (depth of chest compressions).

    Time frame: During procedure

    Chest compression depth will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.

  2. Quality of chest compressions (rate of chest compressions).

    Time frame: During procedure

    Chest compression rate will be evaluated by a manikin connected to a CPR software.

  3. Quality of chest compressions (hand position of chest compressions).

    Time frame: During procedure

    Hand position during chest compression will be evaluated by observation.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time factors of CPR

    Time frame: During procedure

    Measuring the time of check breathing, time to recognize cardiac arrest, time to first chest compression, and cumulative time of no-flow time by the CPR software and observation.

  2. Attitude of bystanders.

    Time frame: Immediately after the CPR procedure (within 15 minutes)

    Subjective feelings after performing CPR based on a short survey using Likert-scale based queries (lower numbers indicate worse, higher score indicates better opinion).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pecs

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Is Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation More Effective Than Telephone-assisted or Not-instructed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Laypeople? - a Randomized Controlled Simulation Study

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Dec 6, 2022
Registry last updated
Jan 25, 2023

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