Cardiac Arrest
Conditions
Brief summary
Context: Chest compressions represent an important physical effort leading to fatigue and cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality degradation. Despite a known harmful effect of chest compressions interruptions, current guidelines still recommend provider switch every 2 minutes. Feedback impact on chest compressions quality during an extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation remains to be assessed. Study design: simulated prospective monocentric randomized crossover trial. Participants and methods: Sixty professionals rescuers of the pre-hospital care unit of University Hospital of Caen (doctors, nurses and ambulance drivers) are enrolled to performed 10 minutes of continuous chest compression on manikin (ResusciAnne®, Laerdal), twice, with and without a feedback device (CPRmeter®). Correct compression score (the main criterion) is defined by reached target of rate, depth and leaning at the same time (recorded continuously). Hypothesis: Feedback device delay fatigue effect arises during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Operational staff of University hospital of Caen pre-hospital unit
Exclusion criteria
* medical contraindication * refusal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correct compression score | 24h | Correct compression score is defined by reached target of rate, depth and leaning at the same time |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| chest compression deep | 24h |
| chest compression rate | 24h |
| percentage of chest compression without leaning | 24h |
| Decrease time of 30% of correct compression score | 24h |
| percentage of correct chest compression rate | 24h |
| participants' fatigue (Borg's scale) | 24h |
| percentage of chest compression with correct deep | 24h |
Countries
France