Prehospital ventilation strategies in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial (PIVOT trial).

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The PIVOT trial evaluates the clinical outcomes and ventilatory quality of an automatic pneumatic ventilation method compared to a bag-valve-mask ventilation method in patients who have experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and have had an advanced airway placed.

Methods

The PIVOT trial is a pragmatic, open-label, multicenter randomized controlled trial. It aims to recruit 514 patients in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Adult, non-trauma patients who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, are treated by emergency medical services, and have an advanced airway in place will be randomized. Biweekly cluster randomization will assign EMS teams to either the automatic pneumatic ventilation group or the bag-valve-mask group. Informed consent is waived. The primary outcome is

SUBMITTER: Fan CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609668 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature