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Heart Arrest, Out-Of-HospitalNCT07649616

Increasing Law Enforcement Application of Automated External Defibrillators (AED)s for Cardiac Arrest

A study testing AED training adjunct in people with Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital and Defibrillators, run by Wayne State University at 1 site in United States.

Enrolling by invitation

Enrolling by invitation. The study team selects and invites participants, usually from an existing group of patients.

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Trial summary

The goal of this study is to learn if an automated external defibrillator (AED) training adjunct video can improve law enforcement self-efficacy, the likelihood of AED application overall, and decrease disparities in women. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Defibrillators
What is being tested?
AED training adjunct
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
14 Jul 2026to 31 Dec 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Law enforcement officers from agencies in the greater Portland area served by the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry
  • aged 18 years of age and older

Who cannot join

  • none

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States1 site
  • Wayne State University

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

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About this study

Official title: Increasing Law Enforcement Application of Automated External Defibrillators for Cardiac Arrest

The goal of this study is to learn if an automated external defibrillator (AED) training adjunct video can improve law enforcement self-efficacy, the likelihood of AED application overall, and decrease disparities in women.

Participants will be asked to:

  • complete a brief initial survey
  • view an AED training adjunct video
  • complete another survey following the video
Read the detailed description

The investigators will conduct a pilot study to examine the efficacy of an education intervention, based on new 2025 American Heart Association guidelines, to improve the likelihood of AED application. The intervention and surveys will be delivered asynchronously online. The investigators will use a short pre-intervention survey to gather information about participants' likelihood and self-efficacy to apply an AED overall and specifically to women. The investigators will also gather basic demographic information including gender, Basic Life Support certification status, and experience responding to cardiac arrests. Participants will then watch a short video, followed by a post-intervention survey to examine changes in likelihood and self-efficacy to apply an AED. All three components will be delivered within the same Qualtrics survey (i.e., pre-survey, video, post-survey).

Being tested
AED training adjunct
Medical subject headings
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • AED training adjunctBehavioural

    Participants will complete a brief survey, then watch an AED training adjunct video, followed by a repeat survey. All components are delivered asynchronously online. The investigators will prospectively evaluate using an existing observational registry used for quality improvement and research, the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry (PDX Epistry).

Study groups in NCT07649616
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AED training adjunctExperimentalReceive AED training intervention
Receives: Behavioral: AED training adjunct
ControlNo interventionCounties that do not receive the additional training will serve as control counties. The investigators will prospectively evaluate using an existing observational registry used for quality improvement and research, the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry (PDX Epistry).

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Confidence to Attach Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Pads on a Woman

    The primary training outcome is, "I am confident I can always attach AED pads in the correct position on a woman". This question is a modified question from a validated tool to measure changes in self-efficacy, the Basic Resuscitation Skills Self-Efficacy Scale, which measures "can do" using 0-100.

    Measured: Immediately following the AED training intervention

  2. Change in AED Application

    Our primary care outcome is, change in AED application by law enforcement among adult cases with law enforcement on-scene before Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrival overall and stratified by gender relative to the same geographic region in the preceding 5-year period. The outcome will be measured using the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry (PDX Epistry), an existing observational registry used for quality improvement and research.

    Measured: Prospectively over 18 months following AED training intervention

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Change in AED Application by AED Training

    Change in AED application by law enforcement among adult cases with law enforcement on-scene before Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrival overall and stratified by gender for counties that received the AED training adjunct versus control counties. The outcome will be measured using the PDX Epistry, an existing observational registry used for quality improvement and research.

    Measured: Prospectively over 18 months following AED training intervention.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Jun 2026
  2. Study start14 Jul 2026
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
The investigators will conduct a pre-post intervention study to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief automated external defibrillator (AED) training adjunct video to improve self-efficacy, and the likelihood law enforcement will apply an AED overall and to a woman across multiple law enforcement agencies in the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry (PDX Epistry) geographic region in Oregon. PDX Epistry is an observational registry used for quality improvement and research. The investigators will use PDX Epistry to prospectively evaluate law enforcement AED use after this training and counties that did not receive the training will serve as control counties.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07649616
Sponsor's protocol ID
26-0365
Other IDs
26RIRA1636534
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
3 Jun 2026
Last updated
19 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: All newly generated factual data that is needed for independent verification of research results will be made freely and publicly available in the AHA-approved repository, Zendo following the FAIR data sharing paradigm. This includes anonymized demographic information, self-efficacy data, and AED training. The investigators will not deposit open-ended survey responses due to an inability to anonymize or aggregate the data.

Publications

  • Oregon Health & Science University. PDX Epistry. https://www.ohsu.edu/school-ofmedicine/ emergency/pdx-epistry

  • Cardiac Arrset Registry to Enhance Survival. 2024 CARES Survival Report.; 2024. https://mycares.net/sitepages/uploads/2025/CARES%202024%20Non-Traumatic%20National%20Survival%20Report.pdf

  • Lupton JR, Johnson E, Prigmore B, Daya MR, Jui J, Thompson K, Nuttall J, Neth MR, Sahni R, Newgard CD. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes when law enforcement arrives before emergency medical services. Resuscitation. 2024 Jan;194:110044. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110044. Epub 2023 Nov 11.

    PubMed 37952574
  • Fukushima H, Bolstad F. Telephone CPR: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. Open Access Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 7;12:193-200. doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S259700. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32982493
  • Fukushima H, Panczyk M, Spaite DW, Chikani V, Dameff C, Hu C, Birkenes TS, Myklebust H, Sutter J, Langlais B, Wu Z, Bobrow BJ. Barriers to telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public and residential locations. Resuscitation. 2016 Dec;109:116-120. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.07.241. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

    PubMed 27521469
  • Dobbie F, Uny I, Eadie D, Duncan E, Stead M, Bauld L, Angus K, Hassled L, MacInnes L, Clegg G. Barriers to bystander CPR in deprived communities: Findings from a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2020 Jun 10;15(6):e0233675. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233675. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32520938
  • Missel AL, Dowker SR, Chiola M, Platt J, Tsutsui J, Kasten K, Swor R, Neumar RW, Hunt N, Herbert L, Sams W, Nallamothu BK, Shields T, Coulter-Thompson EI, Friedman CP. Barriers to the Initiation of Telecommunicator-CPR during 9-1-1 Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Calls: A Qualitative Study. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024;28(1):118-125. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2023.2183533. Epub 2023 Mar 13.

    PubMed 36857489
  • Hernandez-Padilla J, Suthers F, Fernandez-Sola C, Granero-Molina J. Development and psychometric assessment of the Basic Resuscitation Skills Self-Efficacy Scale. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2016 Apr;15(3):e10-8. doi: 10.1177/1474515114562130. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

    PubMed 25422522
  • Grunau B, Humphries K, Stenstrom R, Pennington S, Scheuermeyer F, van Diepen S, Awad E, Al Assil R, Kawano T, Brooks S, Gu B, Christenson J. Public access defibrillators: Gender-based inequities in access and application. Resuscitation. 2020 May;150:17-22. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.024. Epub 2020 Feb 29.

    PubMed 32126247
  • Jadhav S, Gaddam S. Gender and location disparities in prehospital bystander AED usage. Resuscitation. 2021 Jan;158:139-142. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.11.006. Epub 2020 Nov 12.

    PubMed 33189804
  • Kiyohara K, Katayama Y, Kitamura T, Kiguchi T, Matsuyama T, Ishida K, Sado J, Hirose T, Hayashida S, Nishiyama C, Iwami T, Shimazu T. Gender disparities in the application of public-access AED pads among OHCA patients in public locations. Resuscitation. 2020 May;150:60-64. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.038. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

    PubMed 32199903
  • Aldeen AZ, Hartman ND, Segura A, Phull A, Shaw DM, Chiampas GT, Courtney DM. Video self-instruction for police officers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013 Oct;28(5):471-6. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X13008716. Epub 2013 Jul 26.

    PubMed 23890536
  • Uny I, Angus K, Duncan E, Dobbie F. Barriers and facilitators to delivering bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in deprived communities: a systematic review. Perspect Public Health. 2023 Jan;143(1):43-53. doi: 10.1177/17579139211055497. Epub 2022 Jan 31.

    PubMed 35100885
  • Kleinman ME, Buick JE, Huber N, Idris AH, Levy M, Morgan SG, Nassal MMJ, Neth MR, Norii T, Nunnally ME, Rodriguez AJ, Walsh BK, Drennan IR. Part 7: Adult Basic Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 2025 Oct 21;152(16_suppl_2):S448-S478. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001369. Epub 2025 Oct 22.

    PubMed 41122888
  • Norskov AS, Considine J, Nehme Z, Olasveengen TM, Morrison LJ, Morley P, Bray JE; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic Life Support Task Force. Removal of bra for pad placement and defibrillation - A scoping review. Resusc Plus. 2025 Feb 3;22:100885. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100885. eCollection 2025 Mar.

    PubMed 40026715

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing AED training adjunct in people with Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital and Defibrillators, run by Wayne State University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in Confidence to Attach Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Pads on a Woman (time frame: Immediately following the AED training intervention). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07649616, which also lists 22 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Aug 2026.

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