N/A
Completed N=1,076
Improving Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Emergency Medical Dispatchers
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01872325 ↗Enrolled (actual)
1,076
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Nov 2020
Primary outcomePrimary: Number of Participants With Agonal Breathing — 176; 87 Participants
Summary
The main goal of this project is to help 9-1-1 emergency medical dispatchers save the lives of more cardiac arrest victims. The investigators will develop teaching tools to help the dispatchers recognize abnormal breathing that may indicate a victim as having a cardiac arrest. After training sessions, the investigators will see if dispatchers can get better at recognizing abnormal breathing, how often they give CPR instructions, and if use of the teaching tool will increase bystander CPR and the number of victims leaving the hospital alive.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants With Agonal Breathing |
176; 87 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Cases Where Cardiac Arrest Was Recognized by the Ambulance Dispatcher |
495; 287 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- presumed cardiac origin
- event occurs in the catchment area of Training or Control Site
- resuscitation is attempted by a bystander and/or the emergency responders
Exclusion Criteria
- patients younger than 16 years old
- patients who are "obviously dead" as defined by the Ambulance Act of Ontario (decomposition, rigor mortis, decapitation, or other)
- trauma victims including hanging and burns
- cardiac arrest of non-cardiac origin including drug overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning, drowning, exsanguination, electrocution, asphyxia, hypoxia related to respiratory disease, cerebrovascular accident, and documented terminal illness
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01872325). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.