Augmented Reality to Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Summary

A prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial in two tertiary pediatric emergency department. It will assess, amongst pediatric healthcare teams, whether the use of augmented reality supportive devices improves adherence to American Heart Association (AHA) advanced life support guidelines and performance, while reducing medication errors, when compared to groups using the AHA pocket reference card (control) during standardized, simulation-based, pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) scenarios. Seventy participants will be randomized. The primary endpoint is the time to first dose of epinephrine.

Conditions

• Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• Resuscitation
• Pediatric

Interventions

DEVICE

Augmented reality supportive tool

Participants will view a standardized orientation video describing the clinical environment, equipment, manikin functionality, and participant roles, followed by a 15-minute table-top practice simulation where participants have opportunity to use the assigned intervention by running through a cardiac arrest scenario. Then, participants will undertake a 20-minute tightly standardized cardiac arrest simulation scenario using a high-fidelity pediatric manikin. The scenarios will be videotaped from a bird's-eye view angle at the foot of the bed, along with three action video cameras worn by the participants, and positioned within the room. Following completion of the scenario, participants will fill out five surveys (see secondary outcomes), which together take about 15 minutes to fill.

OTHER

Conventional method (AHA pocket reference card)

Participants will view a standardized orientation video describing the clinical environment, equipment, manikin functionality, and participant roles, followed by a 15-minute table-top practice simulation where participants have opportunity to use the assigned intervention by running through a cardiac arrest scenario Then, participants will undertake a 20-minute tightly standardized cardiac arrest simulation scenario using a high-fidelity pediatric manikin. The scenarios will be videotaped from a bird's-eye view angle at the foot of the bed, along with three action video cameras worn by the participants, and positioned within the room. Following completion of the scenario, participants will fill out five surveys (see secondary outcomes), which together take about 15 minutes to fill.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Geneva

  collaborator OTHER

• Alberta Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Johan Siebert, MD

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Johan N Siebert, MD, PD · Geneva Children's Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

• Adam Cheng, Prof · Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-04-02

Primary Completion

2025-07-01

Completion

2025-07-01

Countries

• Canada
• Switzerland

Study Locations