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Table 2 Schedule of intervention delivery and data collection

From: Mechanical versus manual chest compressions in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients in a non-shockable rhythm: a randomised controlled feasibility trial (COMPRESS-RCT)

Assessment points

1

2

3

4

5

6

Assessment point window

Cardiac arrest event

2 days (± 3 days) after assessment 1

Regular in-hospital reviews

30-day (± 2 days) after assessment 1

Hospital discharge†

Six-months (± 1 m) after assessment 1

Eligibility assessment

✓

     

Intervention

✓

     

Cardiac arrest event data

✓

✓

    

Patient demographics/past medical history

 

✓

    

Defibrillator record download

 

✓

    

Post-cardiac arrest treatment

 

✓

✓

✓

  

Length of hospital stay

    

✓

 

Survival status

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Quality of life (SF-12 and EQ-5D-5 L)

    

✓

✓

Assessment of blinding

    

✓

✓

Consent to continue‡

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

Adverse events

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 
  1. † − May occur before visit four; ‡ − Seek at first appropriate opportunity
  2. SF-12- 12-item short form survey; EQ-5D-5 L- EuroQOL- 5 dimensions- 5 levels