Perkins, Gavin D., Davies, Robin P., Quinton, Sarah, Woolley, Sarah, Smith, F. Gao (Fang Gao), Abella, Benjamin S., Stallard, Nigel and Cooke, Matthew (Professor of clinical systems design) (2011) The effect of real-time CPR feedback and post event debriefing on patient and processes focused outcomes : a cohort study : trial protocol. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol.19 (No.1). p. 58. doi:10.1186/1757-7241-19-58 ISSN 1757-7241.

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Background: Cardiac arrest affects 30-35, 000 hospitalised patients in the UK every year. For these patients to be given the best chance of survival, high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be delivered, however the quality of CPR in real-life is often suboptimal. CPR feedback devices have been shown to improve CPR quality in the pre-hospital setting and post-event debriefing can improve adherence to guidelines and CPR quality. However, the evidence for use of these improvement methods in hospital remains unclear. The CPR quality improvement initiative is a prospective cohort study of the Q-CPR real-time feedback device combined with post-event debriefing in hospitalised adult patients who sustain a cardiac arrest.
Methods/design: The primary objective of this trial is to assess whether a CPR quality improvement initiative will
improve rate of return of sustained spontaneous circulation in in-hospital-cardiac-arrest patients. The study is set in one NHS trust operating three hospital sites. Secondary objectives will evaluate: any return of spontaneous circulation; survival to hospital discharge and patient cerebral performance category at discharge; quality of CPR variables and cardiac arrest team factors. Methods: All three sites will have an initial control phase before any improvements are implemented; site 1 will implement audiovisual feedback combined with post event debriefing, site 2 will implement audiovisual feedback only and site 3 will remain as a control site to measure any changes in outcome due to any other trust-wide changes in resuscitation practice. All adult patients sustaining a cardiac arrest and receiving resuscitation from the hospital cardiac arrest team will be included. Patients will be excluded if; they have a Do-not-attempt resuscitation order written and documented in their medical records, the cardiac arrest is not attended by a resuscitation team, the arrest occurs out-of-hospital or the patient has previously participated in this study. The trial will recruit a total of 912 patients from the three hospital sites.
Conclusion: This trial will evaluate patient and process focussed outcomes following the implementation of a CPR
quality improvement initiative using real-time audiovisual feedback and post event debriefing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	CPR (First aid) -- Methodology, CPR (First aid) -- Study and teaching, CPR (First aid) -- Technological innovations, Cardiac arrest -- Treatment
Journal or Publication Title:	Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Publisher:	BioMed Central Ltd.
ISSN:	1757-7241
Official Date:	18 October 2011
Dates:	Date Event 18 October 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.19
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	p. 58
DOI:	10.1186/1757-7241-19-58
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	9 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	9 December 2015
Funder:	National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)
Grant number:	PB-PG-1207-14246 (NIHR)

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