Automated Real-time Feedback on CPR Study

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,586

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2009

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2009

Conditions
Heart Arrest
Interventions
OTHER

Laerdal Q-CPR /technology

For the first three to six months, participating EMS agencies will have defibrillators with automated, real-time feedback inactivated. During this period, the baseline rate of ROSC (and secondary outcomes) will be collected. At the end of this baseline period, EMS agencies will be randomized to one of two interventions, with randomization stratified within site by agency, station, or device. All clusters will cross-over to the opposite feedback strategy at least once during the intervention phase.

Trial Locations (3)

15213

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

98199

University of Washington, Seattle

K1Y 4E9

The Ottawa Hospital, Thunder Bay

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

collaborator

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

NIH

collaborator

The Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Defence Research and Development Canada

INDUSTRY

lead

University of Washington

OTHER