The goal of this clinical trial is to learn the feasibility of equipping the volunteer community responders (VCR) with the mobile external automated defibrillators (mAEDs) for the management of adults experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. It will also provide early signals if this enhanced system can help increase the frequency of defibrillation and doing it earlier. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can equipped VCRs apply mAEDs more frequently and earlier to potentially get more patients successfully resuscitated? * Is this system enhancement is feasible in the long run. Participants, the VCRs, will: * Carry a 450 gm mAED with them all the time for up to an year and use it on an OHCA patient if and when alerted to help. * They will hand over this single-use battery-operated device to the EMS crew for data retrieval and potential replacement * They will be interviewed for their experience of being equipped and use of the mAED.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,000
A single-use, hand-held, chocolate bar sized portable AED
Feasibility of a full scale trial
A validated AIM/FIM tool will be used to collect perceptions of the users and managers using a likert scale measurement reporting on feasibility and acceptability of the intervention
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Qualitative experiences of CFR elicited through semi-structured interviews
Experience of the CFRs as regards challenges faced while carrying the device and convenience when the device is needed
Time frame: 1 year
Qualitative experiences of CFR elicited through semi-structured interviews
Experience of the CFRs as regards challenges of using the new device as compared to standard of care device
Time frame: 1 year
Qualitative experiences of CFR elicited through semi-structured interviews
Responses of the patient's relatives regarding the use of the device by CFRs before and after the usage as perceived by the CFRs
Time frame: 1 year
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