Active clinical trials for "Heart Arrest"

The investigators sought to evaluate the influence of fatigue after a night shift on the quality of Chest Compressions (CC) in CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), among physicians.

The goal of this study is to show the superiority in survival at hospital admittance and in neurological outcome on hospital discharge of continuous mechanical chest compression using LUCAS device versus manual chest compressions in patients who suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

This study is designed to determine if there is any relationship between performing an abdominal ultrasound on patients who present with hypotension and their clinical outcomes (as measured by 7, 30 day and discharge mortality).

The bereavement generated by the loss of a family member can induce pathological situations: depressive state, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and complicated grief. These morbid factors can be influenced by the death circumstances and in particular by the possibility given to the family to attend the medical management of the patient. This clinical trial aims to evaluate the psychological consequences of bereavement on the relatives according to the possibility of witnessing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a family member. This possibility lies within the scope of a strategy of global management of the relatives.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the incremental benefit of a full advanced life support EMS program on the outcomes of chest pain, respiratory and major trauma patients.

Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of sudden death, but the survival rate of cardiac arrest is only 5-35%. Although, the first resuscitation of cardiac arrest patient would be success, the hypoxic brain injury after cardiac arrest is an important cause of the mortality and the morbidity. For the management of the hypoxic brain injury after cardiac arrest, American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council recommend induced mild hypothermia therapy. And, ILCOR(International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation) announced the standard treatment of post cardiac arrest syndrome(the success state of first resuscitation of the cardiac arrest patient) included the induced mild hypothermia therapy at September, 2008. The generalized seizure and myoclonus arise in over 60% of post cardiac arrest syndrome patients and they are very difficult to control. Also, the occurrence of them implies poor prognosis of the patient. Although, mild hypothermia therapy could be decrease the development and propagation of generalized seizure and myoclonus theologically, the therapy could not prevent the development and propagation of them entirely. Therefore, the use of prophylactic anticonvulsant should be needed. But, there is not randomized control study about the use of prophylactic anticonvulsant. We hypothesized that the use of prophylactic anticonvulsant to post cardiac arrest syndrome patients would decrease the rate of occurrence of generalized seizure and myoclonus and would improve the neurologic outcome. We planed that we used two anti-epileptic drugs - valproate, clonazepam - for the prophylactic anticonvulsant. The valproate and clonazepam are in general use for prevention and treatment of generalized seizure and myoclonus and are recommended to treat of generalized seizure and myoclonus to post cardiac arrest syndrome patients by 2008 guideline of ILCOR.

The purpose of this study was to compare the Pentax AWS, Intubrite and AirTraq to Miller laryngoscope during pediatric resuscitation with and without chest compressions.

Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is perceived as the optimal method of providing and maintaining a clear and secure airway. The 2010 European Resuscitation Council (ERC) guidelines emphasized the importance of minimal interruption during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). These guidelines also suggest that skilled operators should be able to secure the airway without interrupting chest compression. The aim of the study was to compare time and success rates of the Vividtrac video-laryngoscope and the Miller laryngoscope for emergency intubation during simulated pediatric CPR.

Studying the feasibility of an initial sedation with inhalated sevoflurane during therapeutic hypothermia of cardiac arrests resuscitated patients.

The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2010 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines suggest that intubators should be able to secure the airway without interrupting chest compression. We examine the performance of the Berci-Kaplan DCI (BERCI), the GlideScope (GVL), the AirTraq, the Pentax AWS (Pentax) and the Miller laryngoscope (MIL) for endotracheal intubation (ETI) during pediatric resuscitation with and without chest compressions.