Comparison of Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Versus Automatic CPR Machine During Ambulance Transport.

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified by National Taiwan University Hospital, October 2004

Sponsored by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
Information provided by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00308815

Purpose

This is a randomized controlled prospective study which assigned patient to receive manual CPR or automatic CPR machine use. The quality and efficacy between manual CPR and machine CPR will be evaluated.

Condition	Intervention
Cardiac Arrest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	Device: Automatic CPR machine

MedlinePlus related topics: CPR

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Comparison of Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Versus Automatic CPR Machine on the CPR Performance for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During Ambulance Transport.

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Quality of CPR

Secondary Outcome Measures:

End-tidal CO2 on arrival at ER
Recovery of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rate
Survival rate at 1hr, 24hr, and discharge from hospital

Estimated Enrollment:	100
Study Start Date:	January 2005

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	16 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patient in Taipei distric
Patients sent to National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) through Jhongsiao Emergency medical service (EMS) team

Exclusion Criteria:

Younger than 15 years old
Traumatic cardia arrest
Patients not sent to NTUH by Jhongsiao EMS team

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00308815

Locations

Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital	Recruiting
Taipei, Taiwan, 10002
Contact: Wen-Chu Chiang, M.D. 886-2-23123456 ext 5632 drchiang@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
Principal Investigator: Wen-Chu Chiang, M.D.

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

Study Director:

Wen-Chu Chiang, M.D.

National Taiwan University Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	9361701098
Study First Received:	March 28, 2006
Last Updated:	March 28, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00308815
Health Authority:	Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Resuscitation
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
cardiac arrest
CPR

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Heart Diseases
Heart Arrest

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009