CPR Education Via a Mobile Application Compared to VSI Kit

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Coronary Disease, Cardiac Arrest

In brief

Prompt delivery of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a crucial determinant of survival for many victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), yet bystander CPR is provided in less than one third of witnessed SCA events. A number of barriers to bystander CPR training have been identified including time and cost of the training course. Since the large majority of arrest events occur in the home environment, studies have suggested that providing CPR training to family members of hospitalized cardiac patients may serve as a useful approach to address an environment in which bystander CPR is frequently not provided. Utilizing an existing in-hospital program to train adult family members, the investigators will assess the skills of those who learn CPR through two different educational methods: a mobile app and video self-instruction (VSI).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02548793

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

1679

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must be present with their family member at the hospital
• The family member must be at high risk for cardiac arrest (CA), including:
• previous myocardial infarction (MI)
• previous CA
• history of diabetes
• history of high cholesterol
• history of high blood pressure
• This includes subjects with family members being discharged from the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit (CICU), Telemetry units, ICU, Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), cardiology clinics, or physicians office within the participating hospitals/health systems

You may not qualify if…

• Volunteers and subjects must be 18 years of age or older
• Individual must be fit and able to perform moderate physical activity
• Volunteers must be English speaking and/or Spanish speaking

Where it is running

• Cooper University Hospital — Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Pennsylvania Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Albert Einstein Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Crozer-Keystone Health System — Upland, Pennsylvania, United States
• The Chester County Hospital and Health System — West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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