Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in Winterthur - an Outcome Study

Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in an Urban Setting in Switzerland - an Outcome Study and Cost Effectiveness Analysis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02625883

Enrollment

151

Registered

2015-12-09

Start date

2015-12-31

Completion date

2019-10-30

Last updated

2020-02-26

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Conditions

Resuscitation

Keywords

Resuscitation, quality of life

Brief summary

The investigators will retrospectively examine all patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation by the emergency medical Team (EMT) from the Kantonsspital Winterthur in the year 2013 with a two year follow-up and a structured interview about Quality of life. Furthermore, the costs generated by the local health system are analysed.

Detailed description

The Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the Quality of out-of-Hospital resuscitation by the ambulance Service from the Kantonsspital Winterthur including a 2-year follow-up of the survivors. In this follow-up we evaluate the Quality of life by a validated questionnaire. The following endpoints will be retrospectively analysed: time-to-Response Interval; Initial cardiac rhythm; medications given; number of Defibrillations; return of spontaneous circulation, Overall costs for the local health System Furthermore length of hospital-stay, survival until Hospital discharge, one-year survival, Quality of life two years after resuscitation and total costs will be analysed.

Interventions

OTHERInterview

Interview by validated Quality-of-life-questionnaire

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with out-of-hospital resuscitation in Winterthur in the year 2013 and treatment by the emergency medical team from the Kantonsspital Winterthur * Written informed consent of patients for structured interview

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with resuscitation but death on Scene * no written informed consent from patients for structured interview

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Survival after prehospital cardiac Arrest until discharge of Hospital and a one-year follow-up	1 year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Evaluation of direct costs of local health care system	1 year
Quality of life one year after resuscitation	1 year

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026