Ventilation Performance and Feedback Simulation Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

About this trial

The study "Understanding the Effect of Feedback on Ventilation Performance of Rescuers in a Simulation Trial" will address treatments administered by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial among EMS responders to compare quality of rescue breathing performance with and without real-time feedback, along with evaluating CPR strategies (providing rescue breathing during pauses interrupting chest compression vs rescue breathing during uninterrupted chest compressions). The goal of this trial is to learn if visual feedback improves the ability of rescuers to deliver a specified amount of air. The main questions the study aims to answer are:

* Does real-time visual feedback improve ventilation performance and the ability of rescuers to provide a specified amount of air? * Will different CPR strategies change the effect of feedback on performance? Researchers will compare real-time feedback to no feedback (not showing the visual feedback) to see if real-time feedback works to improve performance.

Rescuers will:

* Deliver assisted ventilation breaths to a mannequin with and without feedback with two different CPR strategies in one session. * Fill out a survey about the experience level.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age >= 18 years

Credentialed EMS

Disqualifiers

EMS Instructor

Inactive EMS role

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Real-time feedback

    Other intervention

    Visual feedback provided on volumes insufflated and expired

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups
Group A: Standard CPR with interrupted compressions with feedbackExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard CPR with interrupted compressions without feedbackNo intervention 0 interventions
Group C: Continuous chest compressions with feedbackExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group D: Continuous chest compressions without feedbackNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Proportion of guideline compliant ventilations

proportion of ventilations within the target ventilation parameters (tidal volume 500-600 mL)

Time frame
20 minutes

Secondary outcomes

1

Volume insufflated

Time frame
20 minutes
2

Volume expired

Time frame
20 minutes
3

Ventilation rate

Time frame
20 minutes

Other outcomes

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