Pre-arrival Instructions Effect on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Completed

Conditions studied: Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death

In brief

The investigators hypothesized that pre-arrival instructions would increase the likelihood of bystanders performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02007499

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

274

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 21 years old or older
• Presumed cardiac origin as indicated on the Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (MCEMS) report
• Non-Emergency Medical Services (EMS) witnessed arrest

You may not qualify if…

• Patients younger than 21 years old
• Patients who are "obviously dead" (decomposition, rigor mortis, decapitation, or other)
• Trauma victims, including hanging and burns
• Patients with cardiac arrests clearly of other non-cardiac origin including drug overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning, drowning, exsanguination, electrocution, asphyxia, hypoxia related to respiratory disease, cerebrovascular accident and documented terminal illness
• Patients determined to be a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) upon arrival of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) by someone other than Emergency Medical Services (EMS) who is a trained first responder or health care provider with a predetermined duty to provide care.

Where it is running

• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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