Comparison of Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Versus Automatic CPR Machine During Ambulance Transport.

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT00308815

Collaborator

(none)

100

Enrollment

Location

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled prospective study which assigned patient to receive manual CPR or automatic CPR machine use. The quality and efficacy between manual CPR and machine CPR will be evaluated.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cardiac Arrest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	Device: Automatic CPR machine	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

Single

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Comparison of Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Versus Automatic CPR Machine on the CPR Performance for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During Ambulance Transport.

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2005

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Quality of CPR []

Secondary Outcome Measures

End-tidal CO2 on arrival at ER []
Recovery of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rate []
Survival rate at 1hr, 24hr, and discharge from hospital []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

16 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patient in Taipei distric
Patients sent to National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) through Jhongsiao Emergency medical service (EMS) team