Cardiac Arrest in Residential Areas With Mobile First-responder Activation
A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial of Strategic AED Deployment in High-risk Residential Areas Combined With Activation of Local Residents
Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark
260 participants
Dec 1, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The study aims to increase proportions of bystander defibrillation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (hereof referred to as cardiac arrest) in residential areas with a high density of cardiac arrests. The intervention consists of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and residents' involvement in resuscitation through training and enrollment as citizen responders.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- All witnessed cardiac arrests recognized registered in the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry occurring within the study sites. This excludes non witnessed cardiac arrests.
- Witnessed cardiac arrest
- Non-traumatic etiology, this excludes intoxication, drowning or suicide.
Exclusion Criteria4
- Cardiac arrest occurring in a nursing home
- Cardiac arrest not treated by the EMS due to ethical reasons or obvious signs of death
- Not true cardiac arrest (suspected, but not verified)
- Cardiac arrests witnessed by the emergency medical personnel
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Interventions
Deployment of AEDs
Residents will undergo 30-minute courses at study start and if needed during the trial period. During the course they will also be recruited as citizen responders
Citizen responders will be activated in case of suspected cardiac arrest through the heart runner app.
Locations(1)
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NCT04446585