Status:
COMPLETED
Basic Life Support Termination of Resuscitation Implementation Study
Lead Sponsor:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Conditions:
Cardiac Arrest
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
In Ontario, most people who experience a cardiac arrest at home (when their heart stops beating) only receive basic life support from Primary Care Paramedics (PCPs) and all are transported to the hosp...
Detailed Description
In Ontario, most victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) do not receive Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); rather, they receive only Basic Life Support (BLS) from Primary Care Paramedics (...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18
- No advanced cardiac life support procedures (ACLS) were available during the call
- The cardiac arrest is of presumed cardiac cause only
Exclusion
- Age \< 18
- The patient possesses a documented do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order
- The cardiac arrest is due to non cardiac causes such as trauma, drowning or drug overdose
- Patient receives any prehospital ACLS care
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
350 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00370461
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
November 17 2015
Active Locations (7)
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1
Royal Victoria Hospital
Barrie, Ontario, Canada, L4N 1K4
2
Cornwall Community Hospital
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, K6H 1Z6
3
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 1C3
4
Grey Bruce Huron
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, N4K 6M9