Dispatcher-Assisted Resuscitation Trial (DART)

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Heart Arrest

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions with compressions and ventilations versus dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions with compressions only improves survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00219687

Run by

Public Health - Seattle and King County

People needed

5494

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-29

Who can join

Age: 9 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cardiac arrest events where CPR is not ongoing but a bystander is willing to attempt with assistance

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Prisoners
• Cardiac arrest due to asphyxia, drowning, hanging, or electrocution

Where it is running

• Thurston County Dispatch — Olympia, Washington, United States
• Division of Emergency Medical Services, Public Health - Seattle and King County — Seattle, Washington, United States
• London Ambulance Service — London, England, United Kingdom

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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