Status:

COMPLETED

AED Use in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A New Algorithm Named "One Shock Per Minute"

Lead Sponsor:

Fire Brigade Of Paris Emergency Medicine Dept

Collaborating Sponsors:

Brigade de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris

Physio-Control, Inc, A division of Medtronic

Conditions:

Heart Arrest

Ventricular Fibrillation

Eligibility:

All Genders

1+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The aim of the trial is to evaluate a new AED algorithm that proposes a new timeline between the time devoted to administer a defibrillation shock, and the time devoted to chest compressions. The res...

Detailed Description

Early use of semi-automated external defibrillators (AED) by Emergency Care teams in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), has been correlated with a significant gain in sequelae-free survival. The A...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients in a state of apparent death as noted on arrival of the emergency care team vehicle
  • Resuscitation by first aid team with a minimum of three people
  • Analysis of cardiac rhythm by the AED possible
  • At least one appropriate shock delivered by the AED

Exclusion

  • Many victims (\>3) that must be treated simultaneously
  • Signs of certain death (lividity)
  • Patient with palpable pulse on arrival of emergency care team
  • Patient already connected to another device
  • Incident involving an AED that requires a "materiovigilance" report

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

5107 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00139542

Start Date

September 1 2005

End Date

June 1 2008

Last Update

May 11 2009

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Fire Brigade of Paris Emergency medicine department

Paris, France, 75017