Quality of Chest Compressions After a Night Shift

Weaker Chest Compression After Nightshift : The We CAN Study.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02123810

Acronym

WeCAN

Enrollment

Registered

2014-04-28

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2015-07-22

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Conditions

Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

fatigue, motor skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Brief summary

The investigators sought to evaluate the influence of fatigue after a night shift on the quality of Chest Compressions (CC) in CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), among physicians.

Detailed description

This is a non inferiority cluster randomized trial on three Emergency Departments (ED) and five Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from three urban academic hospital in Paris, France. The investigators evaluated the quality of CC with a low-fidelity manikin and its electronic feedback device. The investigators tested subjects on a 6-minutes CC-only CPR scenario, including 2 minutes of pause. Physicians were tested either on a control day then after a night shift, or after a night shift then on a control day.

Interventions

OTHERCPR

Simulated cardiac arrest on a manikin Chest Compression CPR for 6 minutes

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Resident / Physicians in emergency departement (ED) or taking night in ED * Resident / Physicians in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or taking night in ED * Nightshift \> 18 hours

Exclusion criteria

* Stop chest compressions before 2 minutes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
the proportion of CC with a depth higher than 50mm	2 minutes of chest compressions	The investigators evaluated the quality of CC with a low-fidelity manikin and its electronic feedback device.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of chest compressions	2 minutes	The investigators evaluated the quality of CC with a low-fidelity manikin and its electronic feedback device.

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Factors associated with better chest compressions (CC)	2 minutes	The investigators assessed factors associated with better chest compressions as : age, sex and fatigue of physician and intensity of the nightshift.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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