CPR and Agonal Breathing Recognition Training for Police Officers (CPR-AB Police)

July 6, 2026 updated by: Hua Ho, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Evaluation of CPR Training and Agonal Breathing Recognition Among New Taipei City Police Officers in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Events

This study will evaluate an educational training program for police officers in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Police officers may arrive at out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events before emergency medical services and may be able to provide early cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator support. However, abnormal gasping or agonal breathing can be mistaken for normal breathing and may delay recognition of cardiac arrest.

Participants will receive a single training session consisting of an adult CPR refresher course and agonal breathing recognition training. Anonymous online questionnaires will be completed before and immediately after the training. The study will compare pre-training and post-training questionnaire results to assess changes in agonal breathing recognition accuracy, CPR-related knowledge, and course satisfaction.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a single-arm, before-and-after educational intervention study conducted among active police officers in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The study is embedded in routine annual first aid training for police officers.

The intervention consists of a single training session. The first component is a 20-minute adult CPR refresher course covering the emergency response sequence, chest compression quality, compression depth and rate, and complications of chest compression. The second component is a 40-minute agonal breathing recognition session covering the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of agonal breathing, video-based recognition practice using real cases, and analysis of common recognition errors.

Before the training session, study information is provided and participants are invited to complete an anonymous online pre-training questionnaire using a QR code. Immediately after the training session, participants are invited to complete an anonymous online post-training questionnaire using a QR code. Questionnaire data will be used to evaluate changes in agonal breathing recognition accuracy, CPR-related knowledge, and overall learning outcomes. Course satisfaction will be assessed using the post-training questionnaire.

Participation is voluntary. The study collects anonymous questionnaire responses and does not involve patient-level clinical data or direct patient intervention. There is no long-term participant follow-up.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

3439

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • New Taipei City, Taiwan, 220
        • Far Eastern Memorinal Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Active police officers serving in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Officers attending routine annual first aid or CPR training
  • Officers who voluntarily complete the anonymous online pre-training and/or post-training questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CPR Refresher and Agonal Breathing Recognition Training
Participants receive a single-session educational intervention consisting of adult CPR refresher training and agonal breathing recognition training. Anonymous online questionnaires are completed immediately before and immediately after the training session.
Behavioral: CPR Refresher and Agonal Breathing Recognition Training
A single-session educational training program consisting of a 20-minute adult CPR refresher course and a 40-minute agonal breathing recognition training session. The CPR refresher covers the emergency response sequence, chest compression quality, compression depth and rate, and complications of chest compression. The agonal breathing recognition session covers pathophysiology, clinical presentation, real-case video-based recognition practice, and analysis of common recognition errors.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Agonal Breathing Recognition Accuracy
Time Frame: Immediately before and immediately after the training session
Difference between pre-training and post-training accuracy in recognizing agonal breathing, measured using a study-specific anonymous online questionnaire.
Immediately before and immediately after the training session

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in CPR-Related Knowledge Score
Time Frame: Immediately before and immediately after the training session
Difference between pre-training and post-training CPR-related knowledge scores, measured using a study-specific anonymous online questionnaire.
Immediately before and immediately after the training session
Change in Total Learning Outcome Score
Time Frame: Immediately before and immediately after the training session
Difference between pre-training and post-training total questionnaire scores, measured using a study-specific anonymous online questionnaire.
Immediately before and immediately after the training session
Course Satisfaction Score
Time Frame: Immediately after the training session
Course satisfaction measured using a study-specific anonymous online post-training questionnaire.
Immediately after the training session

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Collaborators

New Taipei City Police Department

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 12, 2026

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 6, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 6, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

July 10, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 10, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 6, 2026

Last Verified

June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 115159-W (Other Identifier: IRB / Research Ethics Review Committee exemption approval number, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Individual participant data will not be shared publicly because this study collects anonymous questionnaire responses in an occupational training setting, and public sharing of participant-level data was not included in the ethics-approved protocol. Study-related electronic data will be accessible only to the research team, stored securely, and deleted after the approved retention period. Aggregated results may be reported in conference presentations and journal publications.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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