Abstract
Aim: The variability in quality of CPR provided during cardiac arrest across pediatric institutions is unknown. We aimed to describe the degree of variability in the quality of CPR across 9 pediatric institutions, and determine if variability across sites would be affected by Just-in-Time CPR training and/or visual feedback during simulated cardiac arrest. Methods: We conducted secondary analyses of data collected from a prospective, multi-center trial. Participants were equally randomized to either: (1) No intervention; (2) Real-time CPR visual feedback during cardiac arrest or (3) Just-in-Time CPR training. We report the variability in median chest compression depth and rate across institutions, and the variability in the proportion of 30-s epochs of CPR meeting 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for depth and rate. Results: We analyzed data from 528 epochs in the no intervention group, 552 epochs in the visual feedback group, and 525 epochs in the JIT training group. In the no intervention group, compression depth (median range 22.2-39.2mm) and rate (median range 116.0-147.6min-1) demonstrated significant variability between study sites (p<0.001). The proportion of compressions with adequate depth (0-11.5%) and rate (0-60.5%) also varied significantly across sites (p<0.001). The variability in compression depth and rate persisted despite use of real-time visual feedback or JIT training (p<0.001). Conclusion: The quality of CPR across multiple pediatric institutions is variable. Variability in CPR quality across institutions persists even with the implementation of a Just-in-Time training session and visual feedback for CPR quality during simulated cardiac arrest.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-19 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Resuscitation |
Volume | 97 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Funding
Adam Cheng (study design, data collection and analysis, writing, editing and reviewing of manuscript) received grant funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research and Stroke Foundation of Canada as principal investigator to conduct this study. Elizabeth Hunt (study design, writing, editing and review of manuscript) is supported by: Drs. David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Endowed Directorship, Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center and other grants (for research unrelated to this study) from the Hartwell Foundation and Laerdal Foundation for Acute Care Medicine. Vinay Nadkarni (study design, writing, editing and review of manuscript) is supported by: Endowed Chair, Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and other research grants that are unrelated to this study, including: NIH U01 HL107681; NIH/NHLBI RO1HL114484; AHRQ RO3HS021583; Nihon Kohden America Research Grant; NIH/NHLBI 1U01HL094345-01; and NIH/NINDS 5R01HL058669-10. The remaining authors have no financial disclosures of conflict of interests relevant to this article. This study was funded by a research grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (#OMF-110354). Funds from this grant were used for the design and conduct of the study, data collection, data management, and data analysis. The INSPIRE network receives infrastructure funding from the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine. Funds from this grant were used to support the INSPIRE network administrative coordinator who supported this project. Laerdal Corporation loaned each recruitment site a SimJunior™ manikin for use in the study and donated CPRCards™ for the study. No financial compensation or grant funding was received from Laerdal Corporation for conducting this research.
Keywords
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Chest compressions
- Pediatric
- Quality
- Registration ID: NCT02075450
- Resuscitation
- Variability
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Emergency Medicine