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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Dissemination Study Using Nurses and Volunteers

NCT01252316 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2018-11-01

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Summary

Each year in the United States, 300,000 people suffer from Cardiac Arrest (CA), and of them there is a 90% mortality rate. Out-of-Hospital arrests in particular have a 1-5% survival to hospital discharge. High quality CPR is crucial to lowering the mortality rate and increasing survival, yet only 15-30% of out-of-hospital CA victims receive bystander CPR. Studies have shown that prompt administration of CPR dramatically improves outcomes. In a recent study from Switzerland, lay bystander CPR doubled the survival rate at one month. Our study will look to train family members of at-risk cardiac patients in the skills of CPR through the American Heart Associations (AHA) CPR Anytime Friends and Family Personal Learning Program (CPR Anytime) to see if these family members are able to learn and perform quality CPR in the event that their family member should suffer a cardiac arrest. The unique feature of the CPR Anytime training is that it is a low-cost, self-learning, video-based program that can be completed in under 30 minutes, saving the time and expense of traditional CPR training courses. While initial work has proven that teaching CPR in hospital using the VSI kit is feasible, little research has been conducted to make the program sustainable.

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors
  • Coronary Disease
  • Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

OTHER

CPR Training using the Family and Friends CPR Anytime VSI Kit

Subjects will be trained using the American Heart Association's Family and Friends CPR Anytime Kit. The subject's will undergo training in-hospital then they will be encouraged to take the kit home with them to practice CPR with their family members and friends.

OTHER

Implementation of an In-Hospital CPR Training Model

UPHS Nurses and Volunteers will be trained in our in-hospital CPR Training Model using VSI Kits, and encouraged to implement the training program in their respective hospitals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Benjamin S Abella, MD, MPhil · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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