Infant Chest Compression

Medical University of Warsaw42 enrolled

Overview

Pediatric cardiac arrest is an uncommon but critical life-threatening event requiring effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). About 16,000 pediatric cardiac arrests occurs in the United States annually. Only 8% of the patients survive to hospital discharge and of these, up to two-thirds have neurological sequelae. Majority of pediatric cardiac arrest are below age of two and have poorer chance of survival versus older children

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cardiopulmonary Arrest

Interventions

cardiopulmonary resuscitationPROCEDURE

CPR for 10 minutes with a chest compression: ventilation ratio of 15:2 according to international CPR guidelines

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 22 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * active paramedics * voluntary consent Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy * back pain * wrist pain

Locations (1)

Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine

Warsaw, Masovia, Poland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

systolic blood pressure

The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including systolic blood pressure (SBP)

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

diastolic blood pressure

The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including diastolic blood pressure (DBP)

Time frame: 1 day

mean arterial pressure

The blood measurement system was calibrated before each CPR setting and blood pressure including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP)

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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