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An In-Hospital Family Member Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Education Program

NCT01260441 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · 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 a 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 Association's (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.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Coronary Disease
  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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. Subjects will undergo training in-hospital and will be encouraged to take the kit home to share with their family members and friends.

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
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

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