Time to Defibrillation Using Automated External Defibrillators by Pediatric Residents in Simulated Cardiac Arrests

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Residents

In brief

Automated external defibrillators have improved survival for adult in hospital cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators are approved for children aged 1 year and older for out of hospital cardiac arrests. It is unknown whether automated external defibrillators have a role for in hospital pediatric cardiac arrests. The purpose of study is to compare the management of cardiac rhythm disorders by pediatric residents using an automated external defibrillator versus a standard defibrillator in simulated pediatric cardiac arrests. It is our hypothesis that residents using an automated external defibrillator will have a shorter time to defibrillation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00640354

Run by

Baylor College of Medicine

People needed

60

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2007-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-12

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

You may not qualify if…

• Not a pediatric resident at Baylor College of Medicine

Where it is running

• Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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