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Do Patients Suffering a Cardiac Arrest Present to the Ambulance Service With Symptoms in the Preceeding 48hrs?

NCT04604639 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2022-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A cardiac arrest is often preceeded by a varying period of physiological deterioration which if acted upon may prevent the cardiac arrest. We aim to review patients presenting to the ambulance service with cardiac arrest so see if they had contacted the ambulance service in the preceeding 48 hrs to understand if warning symptoms were missed or not acted upon appropriately.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

NEWS2 score

Patients seen by ambulance crews within the preceeding 48 hrs of their cardiac arrest will have a NEWS2 score performed to assess the level of physiological deterioration at the time of thei intial assessment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles D Deakin, MD · Divisional Medical Director

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-01
Primary Completion
2020-02-19
Completion
2020-02-20

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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