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Prof
Gavin
Perkins
g.d.perkins@warwick.ac.uk
OHCAO
Study Team
ohcao@warwick.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Other forms of heart disease
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Cardiac arrest is the term used to describe sudden cessation of heart function. After cardiac arrest occurs, blood stops being circulated to the vital organs and consciousness is lost within seconds. Unless resuscitation is started promptly death will occur within a few minutes.
Each year about 30,000 people receive resuscitation for an Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) in the United Kingdom (UK). Only one in every twenty people that have a cardiac arrest survive to go home from hospital. Information collected by the Department of Health has shown there to be wide geographical variation in the number of people that survive an OHCA. In simple terms people in some parts of the country are twice or three times more likely to survive than in other areas. This project will try to find out the reasons behind such big differences in outcome. It will develop a standardised approach to collecting information about OHCA and for finding out if a resuscitation attempt was successful. The project will use statistics to explain the reasons why survival rates vary between regions. It will provide feedback to ambulance services to allow ambulance services to learn from one another and promote better outcomes for patients.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Not Specified;
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
Exclusion criteria: 1) Arrest during interhospital transfer or on acute NHS hospital trust premises 2) Patients with clear evidence of death defined by the Joint Royal College Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) Recognition of life extinct (ROLE) criteria Criteria for ROLE: 1. Massive cranial and cerebral destruction 2. Hemicorporectomy 3. Massive truncal injury incompatible with life (including decapitation) 4. Decomposition/putrefaction 5. Incineration 6. Hypostasis 7. Rigor mortis 8. A valid do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) order or an Advanced Directive (Living Will) that states the wish of the patient not to undergo attempted resuscitation 9. When the patient’s death is expected due to terminal illness 10. Efforts would be futile, as defined by the combination of all three of the following being present (a) More than 15 minutes since the onset of collapse (b) no bystander CPR prior to arrival of the ambulance (c) asystole (flat line) for >30 seconds on the ECG monitor screen. Exceptions are drowning, drug overdose/poisoning, trauma. 11. Submersion of adults for longer than 1 hour.
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Prof
Gavin
Perkins
g.d.perkins@warwick.ac.uk
OHCAO
Study Team
ohcao@warwick.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by University of Warwick and funded by BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION; RESUSCITATION COUNCIL (UK); .
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