Recruiting

Feedback & CPR Strategies

Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Code:

NCT07352709

Conditions

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Real-time feedback

Study Details

Brief summary:

The study "Understanding the Effect of Feedback on Ventilation Performance of Rescuers in a Simulation Trial" will address treatments administered by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial among EMS responders to compare quality of rescue breathing performance with and without real-time feedback, along with evaluating CPR strategies (providing rescue breathing during pauses interrupting chest compression vs rescue breathing during uninterrupted chest compressions). The goal of this trial is to learn if visual feedback improves the ability of rescuers to deliver a specified amount of air. The main questions the study aims to answer are:

  • Does real-time visual feedback improve ventilation performance and the ability of rescuers to provide a specified amount of air?
  • Will different CPR strategies change the effect of feedback on performance? Researchers will compare real-time feedback to no feedback (not showing the visual feedback) to see if real-time feedback works to improve performance.

Rescuers will:

  • Deliver assisted ventilation breaths to a mannequin with and without feedback with two different CPR strategies in one session.
  • Fill out a survey about the experience level.

Conditions

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

Study ID

NCT07352709

Start date

Aug 31, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Sep 30, 2031

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 15, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age >= 18 years
  • Credentialed EMS

Exclusion Criteria:

  • EMS Instructor
  • Inactive EMS role

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Standard CPR with interrupted compressions with feedback

no intervention: Standard CPR with interrupted compressions without feedback

experimental: Continuous chest compressions with feedback

no intervention: Continuous chest compressions without feedback

Interventions

Real-time feedback

Visual feedback provided on volumes insufflated and expired

Primary outcome measure

  • Proportion of guideline compliant ventilations [ Time Frame: 20 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Last update posted

Sep 3, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • ventilation during resuscitation
  • CPR
  • emergency medical services

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center on 2026-09-03.