Research project
Title: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) quality improvement initiative
Project timescale: From 01 June, 2009 to 31 December, 2011
(Added to website on: 02 December, 2009 - Date last updated: 06 February, 2013)
Source of funding:
Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme (NIHR)
Aims: This study aims to increase the number of patients surviving in-hospital cardiac arrests and also survival to hospital discharge. The combination of real time audio and visual feedback combined with post event debriefing should help increase the knowledgebase of CPR amongst practitioner teams and provide a mechanism for the incorporation of the latest practices. This will lead to improvements in the quality of CPR and maintenance of the highest standards. The development of this model will lead to an increase in staff confidence in their CPR performance. In developing this advance in the knowledgebase of CPR and its associated support we hope to see subsequent improvements in the quality of advanced life support decision making leading to increased patient survival. The data collected and the experience of this combined approach will lead to development of a model that can also be used in development of similar approaches to other critical medical interventions.
Research designs used:
Cohort Study
Other: Controlled trial without randomisation
Methods used to collect data:
Documentary analysis
Observation
Other (please specify): Recordings from the Q-CPR device and defibrillators
Research project description: The study will evaluate two interventions: real-time audio-visual feedback during CPR and real-time audio-visual feedback during CPR plus post event feedback using the Q-CPR system (this measures the quality of external chest compressions). The study will be divided into 2 phases. During the first phase, baseline data will be collected at each of the 3 sites. During the 2nd phase, real-time feedback phase will be implemented at one site, and real-time audiovisual feedback plus post event debriefing at one site. The remaining site will act as the control site during both interventions. The control site will allow us to exclude any trust-wide changes in care as potential explanations for any changes in outcomes at the other 2 sites.
Stages at which the public were involved:
Disseminating research
Speaking about the research eg
workshops, presentations
Planning the research
Undertaking the research
Writing about the research eg
publications, newsletters
Other: Trial steering committee
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Was/is your project user controlled: No
For further information on the project, please contact:
Mr Richard Field
Resuscitation Research Assistant
Heart of England NHS Foundation trust
MIDRU
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green East
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
United Kingdom
richard.field@heartofengland.nhs.uk
0121 424 2647
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