Community consultation for Exception from Informed consent (EFIC) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: David J. Gagnon, Richard R. Riker, Frank Chessa, Christine Lord, Ashley Eldridge, Meghan Searight, Sarah Bockian, Barbara McCrum, Teresa L. May, Douglas Sawyer, David B. Seder
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Resuscitation Plus, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 100322- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-5204
DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100322
Popis: Aim: Describe community consultation and surrogate consent rates for two Exception From Informed Consent (EFIC) trials for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) - before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The PEARL study (2016–2018) randomized OOHCA patients without ST-elevation to early cardiac catheterization or not. Community consultation included flyers, radio announcements, newspaper advertisements, mailings, and in-person surveys at basketball games and ED waiting rooms. The PROTECT trial (2021-present) randomizes OOHCA survivors to prophylactic ceftriaxone or placebo; the community consultation plan during the pandemic included city council presentations, social media posts, outpatient flyers, but no in-person encounters. Demographics for PROTECT community consultation were compared to PEARL and INTCAR registry data, with p-value 60 years old (14 % vs 53 %;p
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