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Optimizing Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest in the Community

NCT00998140 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1600

Last updated 2020-11-16

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Summary

Resuscitative efforts have been shown to be unsuccessful in most cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and survivors who do recover cardiac function often sustain severe hypoxic brain damage. Time to efficacious care is a primary determinant of disability-free survival. In the Jerusalem district, only 9% of OHCA patients present with ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) as the primary rhythm, whereas 77% present with asystole; this seems primarily to be the result of long collapse-to-arrival times. Nevertheless, overly zealous resuscitation is undertaken in a high proportion of arrests with a futile prognosis, leading to excessive costs.

Study hypotheses:

1. Subpopulations for whom intervention is futile/counter-productive are identifiable
2. Substantial waste of resources can be avoided
3. Optimization of emergency medical services (EMS) reorganization without adding resources is an achievable goal

Conditions

  • Cardiopulmonary Arrest Outcome

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sharon Einav, MD · Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2021-10-31
Completion
2021-10-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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