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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Jul 7:10:895367.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.895367. eCollection 2022.

Improve Cardiac Emergency Preparedness by Building a Team-Based Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Educational Plan

Jianing Xu  1   2 , Xuejie Dong  3 , Hongfan Yin  2 , Zhouyu Guan  1 , Zhenghao Li  1 , Fangge Qu  2 , Tian Chen  1 , Caifeng Wang  2 , Qiong Fang  2 , Lin Zhang  1   2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Improve Cardiac Emergency Preparedness by Building a Team-Based Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Educational Plan

Jianing Xu et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Objective: To design an innovative team-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) educational plan for multiple bystanders and evaluate whether it was associated with better teamwork and higher quality of resuscitation.

Methods: The team-based CPR plan defined the process for a three-person team, emphasize task allocation, leadership, and closed-loop communication. Participants qualified for single-rescuer CPR skills were randomized into teams of 3. The teamwork performance and CPR operation skills were evaluated in one simulated cardiac arrest scenario before and after training on the team-based CPR plan. The primary outcomes were measured by the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) scale and chest compression fraction (CCF).

Results: Forty-three teams were included in the analysis. The team-based CPR plan significantly improved the team performance (global rating 6.7 ± 1.3 vs. 9.0 ± 0.7, corrected p < 0.001 after Bonferroni's correction). After implementing the team-based CPR plan, CCF increased [median 59 (IQR 48-69) vs. 64 (IQR 57-71%)%, corrected p = 0.002], while hands-off time decreased [median 233.2 (IQR 181.0-264.0) vs. 207 (IQR 174-222.9) s, corrected p = 0.02]. We found the average compression depth was significantly improved through the team-based CPR training [median 5.1 (IQR 4.7-5.6) vs. 5.3 (IQR 4.9-5.5) cm, p = 0.03] but no more significantly after applying the Bonferroni's correction (corrected p = 0.35). The compression depths were significantly improved by collaborating and exchanging the role of compression among the participants after the 6th min.

Conclusion: The team-based CPR plan is feasible for improving bystanders teamwork performance and effective for improving resuscitation quality in prearrival care. We suggest a wide application of the team-based CPR plan in the educational program for better resuscitation performance in real rescue events.

Keywords: bystander; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency preparedness; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; teamwork.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Team-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED, automated external defibrillator.
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Figure 2
Flow diagram of the study. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Figure 3
Trends of chest compression depths in team-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation scenario.
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