out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation I46
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients who will be resuscitated out of hospital by the EMS (emergency medical service) of the county of Osnabrück (Niedersachsen, Germany).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: All patients with a traumatic cardiac arrest or patient who are resuscitated shorter than 1 minute will be excluded. Prisoners will be excluded as well.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.1. Does a realtime-feedbacksystem influences the quality of resuscitation (compression depth, compression rate and pauses in chest compression). 1.2. Accomplishing the European Resuscitation Councils (ERC) standards regarding compression depth, compression rate and pauses in chest compression. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2.1. Change in short time survival defined as ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) at hospital admission. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Arbeitsgruppe Forschung in der Notfallmedizin (AG FiN)Klinik für Anästhesiologie, op. Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum MünsterStadt Münster, Feuerwehr