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Task Focusing Strategy During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

NCT01645566 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2012-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of this study is to

1. describe the stress patterns experienced during a CPR situation;
2. investigate whether the perceived stress was associated with CPR performance in terms of hands-on time and time to start CPR;
3. to investigate whether this task focusing strategy reduces perceived stress levels, and
4. whether this translates into better CPR performance. Based on findings that clear, directive leadership can enhance performance in cardiac resuscitation, we further 5) investigate if stress was associated with fewer leadership statements.

Conditions

  • Mental Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

instruction

instructions about focusing on relevant task elements by posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention-group)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sabina Hunziker, MD, MPH · University Hospital Basel, Medical Intensive Care Unit

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2008-05-31
Completion
2008-07-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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