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Mechanical versus manual chest compressions in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients in a non-shockable rhythm : a randomised controlled feasibility trial (COMPRESS-RCT)
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Couper, Keith, Quinn, Tom, Lall, Ranjit, Devrell, Anne, Orriss, Barry, Seers, Kate, Yeung, Joyce and Perkins, Gavin D. (2018) Mechanical versus manual chest compressions in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients in a non-shockable rhythm : a randomised controlled feasibility trial (COMPRESS-RCT). Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 26 (1). 70. doi:10.1186/s13049-018-0538-6
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-018-0538-6
Abstract
Background: Mechanical chest compression devices consistently deliver high-quality chest compressions. Small very low-quality studies suggest mechanical devices may be effective as an alternative to manual chest compressions in the treatment of adult in-hospital cardiac arrest patients. The aim of this feasibility trial is to assess the feasibility of conducting an effectiveness trial in this patient population.
Methods: COMPRESS-RCT is a multi-centre parallel group feasibility randomised controlled trial, designed to assess the feasibility of undertaking an effectiveness to compare the effect of mechanical chest compressions with manual chest compressions on 30-day survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest. Over approximately two years, 330 adult patients who sustain an in-hospital cardiac arrest and are in a non-shockable rhythm will be randomised in a 3:1 ratio to receive ongoing treatment with a mechanical chest compression device (LUCAS 2/3, Jolife AB/Stryker, Lund, Sweden) or continued manual chest compressions. It is intended that recruitment will occur on a 24/7 basis by the clinical cardiac arrest team. The primary study outcome is the proportion of eligible participants randomised in the study during site operational recruitment hours. Participants will be enrolled using a model of deferred consent, with consent for follow-up sought from patients or their consultee in those that survive the cardiac arrest event. The trial will have an embedded qualitative study, in which we will conduct semi-structured interviews with hospital staff to explore facilitators and barriers to study recruitment.
Discussion: The findings of COMPRESS-RCT will provide important information about the deliverability of an effectiveness trial to evaluate the effect on 30-day mortality of routine use of mechanical chest compression devices in adult in-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cardiac arrest -- Treatment -- Testing, Clinical trials, Cardiac resuscitation, CPR (First aid) | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Nature America, Inc | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1757-7241 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 30 August 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 70 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13049-018-0538-6 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Publisher Statement: | ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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