Handover of information from ward staff to the cardiac arrest team during in-hospital cardiac arrest: Identifying deficiencies and building a new model.

This study aims to investigate barriers and facilitators for handover of patient information from ward staff to the cardiac arrest team during in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and develop a tool for structured handover.

This is a clinical cohort and mixed methods study. We will equip cardiac arrest team members at Randers Regional Hospital with body worn cameras to collect video recordings of clinical in-hospital resuscitation attempts. Ward staff and cardiac arrest team leaders will be interviewed shortly after they have participated in resuscitation attempts.

Themes from video recordings and interviews will be utilized to make a modified Delphi study with task force members in the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).

The primary outcome of this study will be a model for structured handover to the cardiac arrest team during IHCA.

Patients ≥18 years admitted with an AMI during a 5-year time-period.

A model for standardized handover can be adapted into training and clinical practice worldwide. This has the potential to contribute to future improvements in care and survival outcomes by improving the quality of handovers and thereby faster identification of the cause of arrest.

Associate professor Kasper Glerup Lauridsen, MD, PhD, FERC, FAHA

Bo Løfgren, MD, PhD, FESC, FAHA

Associate professor Kristian Krogh, MD, PhD

Dung Nguyen Riis, MD, PhD student

Professor Sune Dueholm Müller, PhD

Professor Vinay Nadkarni, MD, MS, FAHA, FCCM, FERC