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NCT Number: NCT06362850

Tele-Support for Emergency Medical Technicians

In this manikin-based simulation study the impact of tele-support during a simulated pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenario on emergency medical technicians' guideline adherence, on gaze behavior as well as on performance of resuscitation management and cognitive load will be analyzed.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Arrest Heart Diseases

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Anesthesia, General Intensive Care and Pain Management,Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, 1090, Austria

About this study

80 emergency medical technicians (EMT) will take part in this simulation study. The participants will be confronted with a scenario of an 8-year old boy, while wearing eye tracking glasses. In a parallel group design, the teams will be randomly assigned to a group performing advanced life support (ALS) without further support (group 1) or with additional tele-support (group 2). In case of support, an emergency physician assists the team performing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation management via a real-time remote connection.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-65 years
  • Active work as an emergency medical technician

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy
  • Prior knowledge of study setting or simulation scenario

Treatment and study plan

Tele-support

Other

via real-time audio-video connection through an experienced physician

Primary outcomes

  1. guideline adherence

    Time frame: Day 1

    checklist (scale of 0-15 points)

Secondary outcomes

  1. gaze behavior

    Time frame: Day 1

    dwell time in predefined areas of interest and fixation count

  2. teamwork performance

    Time frame: Day 1

    Team Emergency Assessment Measure (11 items on scale 0-4 for components leadership, team work and task management resulting in a total score with scale 0-44; scale 1-10 for overall global rating)

  3. cognitive load

    Time frame: Day 1

    NASA Taskload Index (scale of 0-20 points)

  4. Performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Time frame: Day 1

    Chest compressions (time to 1st compression, depth, frequency, total hands-off period); defibrillator: time to 1st rhythm analysis; ventilation: time to 1st ventilation, airway management; intravenous access: time to drug application; reversible causes: time to discussing potential reversible causes for cardiac arrest

  5. Technical feasibility

    Time frame: Day 1

    time of detection of visual attention through eye-tracking glasses

  6. Usability

    Time frame: Day 1

    Questionnaire (5-point Likert scale) on usability of tele-support and eye-tracking glasses

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna

Other

Collaborators

  • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety

Registry information

Official study title

Tele-Support for Emergency Medical Technicians Dealing with Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: a Randomized, Simulation-based Study

Acronym: POHCA

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Apr 12, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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