A Comparison of CPR Outcomes Between Traditional and Endomorphic Manikins With and Without Equipment

A Comparison of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes Between Traditional and Endomorphic Manikins

The study's research design is a randomized experiment. 50 emergency responders (emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics) will be recruited for this research. All data collection will take place in Lab 14 of the Benson Bunker Fieldhouse or a professional, confidential location of the participant's choosing.

Prior to CPR performance, participants will be given an informed consent form to sign. The form will be explained in detail by the researcher collecting data. After obtaining informed consent, participants will be asked to fill out a demographic questionnaire to collect information such as age, gender, years of emergency responder experience/employment, and years of CPR certification. Demographic information provided by participants will be utilized in data analysis. The demographics form should take approximately five minutes to complete. Participants will be randomly assigned to the four trials they will partake in and instructed via oral script (one for over and one for under football shoulder pads) to perform four-trials total of three-minute single-rescuer CPR on both a traditional CPR manikin and "Fat Old Fred" (bariatric) CPR manikin. CPR must be performed in accordance with the American Heart Association's 2015 CPR Guidelines and participants will use a CPRmeter 2 device to collect data to determine the quality of CPR components (chest compression depth/recoil, compression rate, CPR compression duration, mean depth, mean rate, and total number of compressions). The entire study session should take 25 to 30 minutes to complete.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cardiac Arrest
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Dakota
    • Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58108
      • North Dakota State University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Emergency responders employed through the ambulance stations located in North Dakota and Minnesota
• Current CPR/first-aid certification
• Active clinician, educator, or administrator.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cardiovascular conditions inhibiting CPR performance
• Respiratory conditions inhibiting CPR performance
• Musculoskeletal conditions inhibiting CPR performance

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Traditional manikin; CPR performed on a traditional manikin	Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation based on 2015 American Heart Association guidelines with and without protective equipment on traditional and endomorphic manikins
Experimental: Traditional manikin with athletic equipment; CPR performed on a traditional manikin wearing athletic equipment	Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation based on 2015 American Heart Association guidelines with and without protective equipment on traditional and endomorphic manikins
Experimental: Bariatric manikin; CPR performed on a bariatric manikin	Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation based on 2015 American Heart Association guidelines with and without protective equipment on traditional and endomorphic manikins
Experimental: Bariatric manikin with athletic equipment; CPR performed on a bariatric manikin wearing athletic equipment	Other: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation based on 2015 American Heart Association guidelines with and without protective equipment on traditional and endomorphic manikins

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Compression depth %	percent of time chest is compressed to adequate depth	2 minutes
Compression rate	number of compressions per minute	2 minutes
Chest recoil	percent of time chest fully recoils	2 minutes
Compression depth	average depth of compressions	2 minutes
Compression rate %	percent of time compressions are performed at an adequate rate	2 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: North Dakota State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 16, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 16, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 24, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 25, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 22, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Arrest
• Other Study ID Numbers: HE20101

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No