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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00640354

Enrollment

Registered

2008-03-21

Start date

2006-12-31

Completion date

2007-02-28

Last updated

2020-11-12

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Conditions

Pediatric Residents

Keywords

Automated External Defibrillator, Resuscitation, Pediatric

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

DEVICEAutomated external defibrillator

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

DEVICEManual defibrillator

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.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Exclusion criteria

* Not a pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to defibrillation	Within 5 minutes of the start of the simulated cardiac arrest

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026