Active clinical trials for "Heart Arrest"

To determine whether treatment with antidepressant, anticonvulsant, and antiarrhythmic drug therapies having the potential for proarrhythmia increased the risk of primary cardiac arrest. The aim of the original grant, starting in 1990 and ending in 1994, was to determine whether use of diuretics for hypertension increased the risk of primary cardiac arrest compared to the use of other antihypertensive agents.

To evaluate the effect of use of automated chest compression device on blood pressure in patients presenting with cardiac arrest. Higher systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures are expected.

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 hospital. Most are pronounced dead by the emergency physician as the mean survival rate for these patients is 5%. Allowing Primary Care Paramedics to use a termination of resuscitation guideline would identify futile cases for which further resuscitation is unwarranted and decrease the number of patients being transported to the emergency department (ED) for pronouncement. There are numerous advantages to this strategy; first, it may improve the efficiency of the ED because cardiac arrest patients require immediate attention that is diverted from patients who have a better chance at survival. Second, the risk of injury and the monetary costs for the paramedic and the public would be minimized with fewer "light and sirens" transports which are known to be hazardous to motorists, pedestrians, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. For each cardiac arrest, PCPs will respond to the call as usual and implement standard basic life support cardiac arrest protocols. Patients are then categorized according to the termination of resuscitation recommendations: no return of spontaneous circulation is achieved (no heartbeat); no shock was given prior to transport; and the arrest (when the heart stops beating) was not witnessed by EMS personnel. If all of these criteria are true, the PCP will contact the hospital and the decision by the emergency physician will then be made to stop life saving measures (terminate resuscitation) in the home or continue with life support and transport the patient to the local emergency department. This study aims to document the usefulness of the termination of the resuscitation guideline in decreasing the rate of transport of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients to the ED. Secondary aims of this implementation study will be to describe the rates of erroneous application of the guideline. The comfort of use of the rule among paramedics and base hospital emergency physicians will be described.

The goal of this observational study is to investigate characteristics in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) related to sex differences. The main questions it aims to answer are: are there possible differences in help provision by bystanders, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), pre-hospital treatment by emergency medical services (EMS)? are there differences in the presence of shockable initial rhythm (SIR) and survival rates after OHCA at successive stages of treatment? Researchers will compare all emergency medical services treated resuscitations in Denmark between 2016 and 2021 to see if there are possible differences between sexes.

Cardiac arrest (CA) is a worldwide health problem and is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. After CA, most patients are exposed to cerebral injury due to anoxic perfusion, resulting in severe neurological deficits. Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after KA causes acute cerebral edema with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) due to ischemia-reperfusion and delayed hyperemia, and deterioration of cerebral perfusion. This reduces the quality of life of most patients after cardiac arrest.

In case of a cardiac arrest it is very important to quickly provide high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For reasons of patient safety the investigators want to assess the frequency, the quality and the outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitations in the Inselspital Bern.

Debates about the official and legal implementation of Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) orders are ongoing. The aim of this study was to determinate factors that influence neurological outcomes at discharge and the ratio of living patients discharged from the hospital due to DNAR prohibition.

The primary objective of this study is to determine how often cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is perceived as inappropriate by Healthcare Providers (HCPs) working in prehospital Ambulance Services and Emergency Departments. Perception of inappropriate CPR is defined as resuscitation efforts perceived by HCPs as disproportionate to the expected prognosis of the patient in terms of survival or quality of life. When a HCP perceives CPR as inappropriate, this may cause moral and emotional distress. This perception may be modulated by the personal background and professional role of the HCP, but also by his/her working conditions. Apart from the workload, the resulting distress can be influenced by the way non-technical skills are developed within the team and the ethical environment in which the HCP functions. Frequent exposure to similar patient care situations and/or a professional environment not acknowledging the distress may lead to deficient coping mechanisms and accumulation of moral distress. This may be associated with job leave, burnout and a decreased quality of patient care. Acute distress may also influence the quality of care provided to actual and future patients. Secondary objectives of the study are to evaluate whether perceived inappropriateness of CPR is not only associated with patient related factors but also with personal characteristics and work related factors. Potential consequences for HCP's like moral distress and intentional job leave will be assessed.

Unlikely the other element for high quality chest compression during Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(i.e. compression rate, chest recoil, hand position), chest compression depth (CCD) is influenced by surface on which the patient is placed, especially in hospital. For solving this problem, to place the patient on rigid surface, use a backboard that might decrease the mattress compression, receive a feedback that reflects the mattress compression depth (MCD) using dual accelerometer or magnetic sensor have been proposed. As the other solution, we hypothesized that training of 6-7cm CCD for healthcare providers improve accurate CCD during cardiopulmonary resuscitation when manikin is placed on mattress in hospital.

Determination of vital and functional outcome in comatose survivors after cardiac arrest is principally based on the identification of predictors of non-awakening, using by clinical, biological and electrophysiological tools. In patients without presence of non-awakening predictors, it would be of interest to identify predictive criteria of awakening. The presence of mismatch negativity during the cortical auditory-evoked potential could contribute to further progress in neurological prognostication of these patients. However, at this time, its prognostic value has been insufficiently studied and the optimal time of realization remains unknown.