Resuscitation
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial.
The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of simulation training, using actors to make mock calls, on improving Emergency Medical Dispatchers' (EMDs) ability to recognize the need for, and reduce the time to, telephone-assisted CPR (T-CPR) in simulated and real cardiac arrest 9-1-1 calls. ⋯ http://www.clinicaltrials.gov Trial # NCT01972087.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Head computed tomography for prognostication of poor outcome in comatose patients after cardiac arrest and targeted temperature management.
A multimodal approach to prognostication of outcome after cardiac arrest (CA) is recommended. Evidence for combinations of methods is low. In this post-hoc analysis we described findings on head computed tomography (CT) after CA. We also examined whether generalised oedema on CT alone or together with the biomarker Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) could predict poor outcome. ⋯ In this study, generalised oedema was more common >24h≤7d after CA. The combination of CT and NSE improved sensitivity and specificity compared to CT alone, with no false positives in this limited population.