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NCT Number: NCT00640354

Time to Defibrillation Using Automated External Defibrillators by Pediatric Residents in Simulated Cardiac Arrests

Automated external defibrillators have improved survival for adult in hospital cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators are approved for children aged 1 year and older for out of hospital cardiac arrests. It is unknown whether automated external defibrillators have a role for in hospital pediatric cardiac arrests.

The purpose of study is to compare the management of cardiac rhythm disorders by pediatric residents using an automated external defibrillator versus a standard defibrillator in simulated pediatric cardiac arrests.

It is our hypothesis that residents using an automated external defibrillator will have a shorter time to defibrillation.

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Key information

Conditions

Pediatric Residents

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Exclusion criteria

  • Not a pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Treatment and study plan

Automated external defibrillator

Device

Residents randomized to this group had an automated external defibrillator available for the simulated cardiac arrest. The automated external defibrillator did not actually discharge energy into the simulated patient

Manual defibrillator

Device

Residents randomized to this group had a manual defibrillator available for the simulated cardiac arrest. The defibrillator did not actually discharge energy into the simulated patient.

Primary outcomes

  1. Time to defibrillation

    Time frame: Within 5 minutes of the start of the simulated cardiac arrest

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Baylor College of Medicine

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Defibrillation by Automated External Defibrillators Versus Manual Defibrillators in Simulated Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Pediatric Residents

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
Mar 21, 2008
Registry last updated
Nov 12, 2020

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