CPR Quality Officer role to improve CPR quality: a multi-centred international simulation randomised control trial

Sumera, K., Ilczak, T., Bakkerud, M., Dearnley Lane, J., Pallas, J., Ortega Martorell, S., Sumera, A., Webster, C.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-9428-6833, Quinn, T., Sandars, J. and Siriwardena, A.N., 2024. CPR Quality Officer role to improve CPR quality: a multi-centred international simulation randomised control trial. Resuscitation Plus, 17: 100537. ISSN 2666-5204

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Abstract

Background: An out-of-hospital cardiac arrest requires early recognition, prompt and quality clinical interventions, and coordination between different clinicians to improve outcomes. Clinical team leaders and clinical teams have high levels of cognitive burden. We aimed to investigate the effect of a dedicated Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Quality Officer role on team performance.

Methods: This multi-centre randomised control trial used simulation in universities from the UK, Poland, and Norway. Student Paramedics participated in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios before randomisation to either traditional roles or assigning one member as the CPR Quality Officer. The quality of CPR was measured using QCPR Ò and Advanced Life Support (ALS) elements were evaluated.

Results: In total, 36 teams (108 individuals) participated. CPR quality from the first attempt (72.45%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 64.94 to 79.97) significantly increased after addition of the CPR Quality role (81.14%, 95% CI 74.20 to 88.07, p = 0.045). Improvement was not seen in the control group. The time to first defibrillation had no significant difference in the intervention group between the first attempt (53.77, 95% CI 36.57-70.98) and the second attempt (48.68, 95% CI 31.31-66.05, p = 0.84). The time to manage an obstructive airway in the intervention group showed significant difference (p = 0.006) in the first attempt (168.95, 95% CI 110.54-227.37) compared with the second attempt (136.95, 95% CI 87.03-186.88, p = 0.1).

Conclusion: A dedicated CPR Quality Officer in simulated scenarios improved the quality of CPR compressions without a negative impact on time to first defibrillation, managing the airway, or adherence to local ALS protocols.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Resuscitation Plus
Creators: Sumera, K., Ilczak, T., Bakkerud, M., Dearnley Lane, J., Pallas, J., Ortega Martorell, S., Sumera, A., Webster, C.A., Quinn, T., Sandars, J. and Siriwardena, A.N.
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: March 2024
Volume: 17
ISSN: 2666-5204
Identifiers:
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10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100537DOI
S2666520423001807Publisher Item Identifier
1849462Other
Rights: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added: 10 Jan 2024 11:23
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2024 11:23
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50647

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