Trial of Mobile External Defibrillator for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in Singapore.
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21-74
SponsorSingapore General Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn the feasibility of equipping the volunteer community responders (VCR) with the mobile external automated defibrillators (mAEDs) for the management of adults experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. It will also provide early signals if this enhanced system can help increase the frequency of defibrillation and doing it earlier. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Can equipped VCRs apply mAEDs more frequently and earlier to potentially get more patients successfully resuscitated? * Is this system enhancement is feasible in the long run.
Participants, the VCRs, will:
* Carry a 450 gm mAED with them all the time for up to an year and use it on an OHCA patient if and when alerted to help. * They will hand over this single-use battery-operated device to the EMS crew for data retrieval and potential replacement * They will be interviewed for their experience of being equipped and use of the mAED.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Must be proficient in English. Able to read and understand English fluently.
Be aged 21-74 years of age at point of recruitment.
Willing and able to move rapidly to a scene that can be 400 meters away from their location.
Be a registered CFR with SCDF.
Disqualifiers
Not proficient in English. Cannot read and understand English.
Aged less than 21 and over 74 years of age.
Not willing to be a myResponder app user.
Not able to move rapidly to a scene that can be 400 meters away from their location.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mobile external automated defibrillator
Treatment groups
1,000 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Singapore General Hospital
Lead sponsor
Singapore Civil Defence Force
Collaborator
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov