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Improving the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Dispatchers
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Education for Cardiac Arrest. Completed, enrolled 1,076 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The main goal of this project is to help 9-1-1 emergency medical dispatchers save the lives of more cardiac arrest victims. The investigators will develop teaching tools to help the dispatchers recognize abnormal breathing that may indicate a victim as having a cardiac arrest. After training sessions, the investigators will see if dispatchers can get better at recognizing abnormal breathing, how often they give CPR instructions, and if use of the teaching tool will increase bystander CPR and the number of victims leaving the hospital alive.
Study Details
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Interventions
An education program will be developed using behaviour change techniques specifically mapped to address modifiable factors identified in a previous study. These techniques will include: information about the significance of agonal breathing, modeling/demonstration of desired behavioural skills, rehearsal of desired skills, and monitoring/reinforcement and feedback.