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Home Use of Automatic External Defibrillators to Treat Sudden Cardiac Arrest

NCT00047411 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7001

Last updated 2008-03-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To compare home use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to the use of local emergency medical system in treating survivors of sudden cardiac arrest.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Immediate notification of EMS by telephone and prompt initiation of CPR, in accordance with published Basic Life Support guidelines

DEVICE

Automatic External Defibrillation

Use the AED first, in accordance with published guidelines for AED use, followed by a call to EMS and perform CPR as in the control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philips Medical Systems

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Laerdal Medical

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Gust H. Bardy · Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2007-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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