Cardiac Arrest Procedures Study: Frequently Asked Questions

This study has been commisioned by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
as part of the Clinical Outcome Review Programme, under the contract awarded in 2011

Data Collection for study: Closed
Publication date: Summer 2012

My copy of the data collection form does not include the specialty code for anaesthetics, what is it?: The code for Anaesthetics is ‘190’. Due to an oversight, some copies of the form do not contain this information.
On question 6, you ask if members of the team were ALS trained, this is not defined, does it refer to the in date completion of an ALS course, reaching the standard defined by the Resuscitation Council (UK)?: Yes this is what was meant by this question.
We have not received any forms in the post, can it be downloaded?: Yes- you can download a copy of the form from here, and a copy of the instruction sheet here. Or if you contact us we can send you additional copies or email you a copy.
Do I have to take part?: Yes- participation in our studies is a hospital trust requirement for the NHS quality accounts, it is also mandatory for trusts that are signed up to the NHSLA’s CNST. Participation of individual clinicians is also strongly encouraged by the GMC’s good medical practice.
Would you include data from cases where chest compressions and/or Defibrillation was given but without a call to the resuscitation team (e.g. via 2222)?: No cases such as these e.g. In CCU, ICU, theatre, A&E would be excluded unless there was a 2222 call (or equivalent) made.
Would you include data from cases where a 2222 call was made but no chest compressions and/or defibrillation were administered?: No- these would not be included. We are including cases where a cardiac arrest triggers a call to the resuscitation team (or equivalent) leading to the delivery of chest compressions and/or defibrillation.
Are children included?: No – Only adult patients aged 16 and older are included in the study.
How do we get the forms completed at night if the RTO only works 9-5?: In order to ensure the forms are completed at night, the teams providing night time cover need to be aware of the study during the 2 week data collection period so they can help follow up CPR attempts out of hours.
Why are you collecting the patient identifiers: NHS number, hospital number and date of birth?: We need to have individual identifying numbers for each case so that we can match them up with the case notes for the retrospective peer review part of the study.
As the data being collected includes the patient identifiers: NHS number, hospital number and date of birth, do you have exemption from section 251 of the care standards act or do you need to obtain patient consent to use this information?: Yes we have approved section 251 exemption. Our registration number is PAIG 4-08(b)/2003 and current status of all applications can be viewed on online at http://www.nigb.nhs.uk/ecc/reg (App No 0077).
Does NCEPOD have NRES ethical approval for this study?: At the present time NRES (previously COREC) have agreed that it is not necessary for NCEPOD to obtain ethical approval for our work, the reasons are listed below: -Our work is a ‘confidential enquiry’ and not strictly research or audit – we do not interact directly with patients or have influence in the treatment of an individual.
I would like to read the protocol - could you send me a copy?: Yes. Please click here to download a copy.

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