Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality improvement programme

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality improvement programme: a multicentre, prospective, cohort study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN56583860

Enrollment

912

Registered

2011-07-05

Start date

2009-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

In-hospital cardiac arrests Circulatory System Cardiac arrests

Interventions

1. Control 2. CPR feedback through Q-CPR® (Laerdal medical, UK) 3. CPR feedback through Q-CPR® (Laerdal medical, UK) plus team briefing / debriefing

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients have to be either 18 or older and suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest where resuscitation is attempted (defined as loss of a pulse requiring the delivery of chest compressions).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient has a Do-not-attempt resuscitation order written and documented in their medical records 2. Cardiac arrest not attended by a resuscitation team 3. Out - of - hospital cardiac arrest 4. Previous participation in this study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Survived event [defined as sustained (> 20 minutes) return of spontaneous circulation]	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Patient outcomes 1.1. Any return of spontaneous circulation 1.2. Survival to hospital discharge 1.3. Cerebral performance category of patients at discharge 2. Process outcomes 2.1. Quality of emergency calls 2.2. Chest compression depth, rate 2.3. No flow time 2.4. Duration of pre and post-shock pauses 2.5. Ventilation rate 2.6. time to first shock 2.7.Appropriate decision to shock 3. Team factors 3.1. CPR knowledge 3.2. Confidence / preparedness	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Patient outcomes 1.1. Any return of spontaneous circulation 1.2. Survival to hospital discharge 1.3. Cerebral performance category of patients at discharge 2. Process outcomes 2.1. Quality of emergency calls 2.2. Chest compression depth, rate 2.3. No flow time 2.4. Duration of pre and post-shock pauses 2.5. Ventilation rate 2.6. time to first shock 2.7.Appropriate decision to shock 3. Team factors 3.1. CPR knowledge 3.2. Confidence / preparedness

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026