Potassium Chloride in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate, in patients presenting with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by ventricular fibrillation, refractory to 3 external electric shocks, the efficacy of a direct intravenous injection of 20 mmol KCl on their survival at hospital arrival.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Collaborator: URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patient (age 18 or over).

• Patient suffering from an outpatient cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac origin and presenting refractory ventricular fibrillation despite 3 external electric shocks.

• Patient with a health insurance plan.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Proven pregnancy.

• Major incompetent (patient under guardianship or curatorship).

• Patient who does not yet have a functional venous pathway after the 3 external electric shocks have been performed.