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| Sponsored by: |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) |
| Information provided by: | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00004560 |
Purpose
To measure survival to hospital discharge of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in community units (e.g., apartment or office buildings, gated communities, sports venues, senior centers, shopping malls) served by trained non-medical responders using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), an approach called Public Access Defibrillation, compared to units receiving the traditional optimum community standard of care (i.e., rescuers trained to recognize a cardiac emergency, call 911, and initiate CPR).
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Arrhythmia Heart Arrest Heart Diseases Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Fibrillation Death, Sudden, Cardiac |
Device: defibrillator |
Phase III |
| Genetics Home Reference related topics: | Arrhythmia Heart Diseases |
| MedlinePlus related topics: | Arrhythmia Cardiac Arrest Heart Attack Heart Diseases |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized |
| Study Start Date: | September 1999 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | February 2004 |
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Eligibility
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
No eligibility criteria
Contacts and Locations
More Information
| Study ID Numbers: | 128 |
| First Received: | February 9, 2000 |
| Last Updated: | December 1, 2005 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00004560 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
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