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Cardiac Arrest in Residential Areas With Mobile First-responder Activation

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorEmergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark
Started2021-12-01
Est. completion2027-01
Eligibility
Age8 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT04446585

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

Age: 8 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* 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 Criteria:

* 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

Conditions2

Heart DiseaseOut-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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