Clinical Trial: Effectiveness of Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Cardiac Arrest
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Is Video-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation More Effective Than Telephone-assisted or Not-instructed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Laypeople? - a Randomized Controlled Simulation Study
Brief Summary:
Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatchers play an important role to recognize cardiac arrest and give help to the lay first responder via telephone CPR (T-CPR) which improves survival rates. The current technology allows the live video connection between the scene and the dispatcher which provides the opportunity for video-assisted CPR (V-CPR) via the bystander…
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