Continuous Compressions With Asynchronous Ventilations Using I-gel Device Versus 30:2 Approach During Simulated OHCA

Summary

Paramedics and EMT will be recruited among four Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Switzerland to manage a 10-minutes simulation-based adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenario in teams of two. Depending on randomization, each team will manage the scenario according either to their current approach (30 compressions with 2 bag-mask ventilations), or to the experimental approach (continuous compressions since the start of CPR except for rhythm analysis and shock delivering, with early insertion of an i-gel® device to deliver asynchronous ventilations). The main hypothesis is that early insertion of i-gel could improve CCF during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with a reasonable time to first effective ventilation.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest
• Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• Emergency Medical Services
• Resuscitation

Interventions

DEVICE

I-gel® supraglottic device

Use of an i-gel® supraglottic device to deliver ventilations

DEVICE

Face mask ventilation

Use of a face mask to deliver ventilations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Service de protection et sauvetage Lausanne (SPSL), Emergency Medical Services, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ambulance Riviera, Emergency Medical Services, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Compagnie d'Ambulances de l'Hôpital du Valais, Emergency Medical Services, Martigny, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Swissrescue.ch, Website for Prehospital Healthcare Providers, Les Pontins, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• ESAMB - College of Higher Education in Ambulance Care, Geneva, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• STAR Ambulances, Emergency Medical Services, Épalinges, Vaud

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Geneve TEAM Ambulances

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Loric Stuby · Genève TEAM Ambulances

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-02-14

Primary Completion

2021-05-18

Completion

2021-05-18

Countries

• Switzerland

Study Locations