A study of the use of debriefing to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation delivery at in-hospital adult cardiac arrest

A study of the use of debriefing to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation delivery at in-hospital adult cardiac arrest: a non-randomised interventional process of care and treatment trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN39758339

Enrollment

520

Registered

2013-05-22

Start date

2013-09-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-02-20

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Conditions

Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes

Interventions

Following each cardiac arrest, staff are offered debriefing about the quality of CPR provided at the cardiac arrest. The type of debriefing is determined by the hospital site. At hospital one, staff r

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male & female, lower age limit 18 years 2. Patients sustaining a cardiac arrest at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust hospitals, which is attended by the hospital emergency team and where resuscitation is attempted

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 21/08/2013: 1. Valid DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) order Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Valid DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) order 2. Traumatic cardiac arrest

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Chest compression depth; timepoint(s): during cardiac arrest	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Added 21/08/2013: 1. Process-based outcomes (all measured by the defibrillator during the cardiac arrest event): 1.1. Chest compression rate 1.2. No-flow time 1.3. Incidence of compression leaning 1.4. Peri-shock pause 1.5. Appropriateness of shocks 1.6. Time to first shock 2. Patient-based outcomes: 2.1. Return of spontaneous circulation, recorded at 20 minutes following the cardiac arrest event 2.2. Survival to hospital discharge, measured at hospital discharge 2.3. Neurological status at discharge, measured at hospital discharge using the cerebral performance category score	—

Measure

Time frame

Added 21/08/2013: 1. Process-based outcomes (all measured by the defibrillator during the cardiac arrest event): 1.1. Chest compression rate 1.2. No-flow time 1.3. Incidence of compression leaning 1.4. Peri-shock pause 1.5. Appropriateness of shocks 1.6. Time to first shock 2. Patient-based outcomes: 2.1. Return of spontaneous circulation, recorded at 20 minutes following the cardiac arrest event 2.2. Survival to hospital discharge, measured at hospital discharge 2.3. Neurological status at discharge, measured at hospital discharge using the cerebral performance category score

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 13, 2026