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Ambulance Crews' Experiences of Using a Mechanical Chest Compression Device.

NCT04478786 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2022-10-14

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Summary

Should a person have a cardiac arrest (where their heart stops beating) they require treatment of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This includes providing chest compressions. Traditionally these compressions are provided by hand but mechanical chest compression devices (MCCD) have been investigated for use in out of hospital resuscitation attempts.

Research trials recruiting human participants have concluded recently. They all found no difference in survival outcomes when MCCD and manual compressions were compared.

Despite this, the latest expert review on MCCD suggests that MCCD can be a reasonable alternative to high quality manual compressions when these cannot be provided. MCCD continue to be used by Specialists in the local ambulance service and historically by those recruiting patients to a national multi centre trial of MCCD. There is another, as yet under-investigated element, and that is of ambulance crews' experiences of using such devices. Therefore it is a reasonable topic to investigate.

Conditions

  • Resuscitation

Interventions

OTHER

Focus group discussion

There is no intervention. This is a qualitative piece of work only.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jolife AB

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Northumbria University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richelle Duffy, PhD · Northumbria University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-31
Primary Completion
2020-09-19
Completion
2020-09-19

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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