{"id":5887,"date":"2014-08-23T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T11:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2014-08-23T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T11:45:57","slug":"a-study-that-will-see-some-of-its-patients-suffering-cardiac-arrest-given-a-dummy-drug-has-been-backed-by-west-midlands-ambulance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/a-study-that-will-see-some-of-its-patients-suffering-cardiac-arrest-given-a-dummy-drug-has-been-backed-by-west-midlands-ambulance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"A study that will see some of its patients suffering cardiac arrest given a dummy drug has been backed by West Midlands Ambulance Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/logo-icon.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5552\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/logo-icon.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5552\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/logo-icon.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5552\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-18-14.49.12-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-18-14.49.12-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-18 14.49.12-2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Warwick Medical School is leading the trial after concerns adrenaline, used to restart the heart, could cause brain damage and even death.<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Ambulance Service said the work could ultimately save &#8220;hundreds of patients&#8221;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The trial, involving some 8,000 patients, will start in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>It will see ambulance staff in the West Midlands, London, Wales, and on the south coast and north-east of England inject roughly half of the the patients with adrenaline and the others with a salt solution placebo.<\/p>\n<p>Patients, however, will not be able to give consent as they will be unconscious, prompting criticism from some experts.<\/p>\n<p>One in four<br \/>\nParamedics and other clinical staff will also be unaware which patients received the placebo.<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Ambulance Service medical director Dr Andy Carson said: &#8220;Although adrenaline has been used for many years in cardiac arrest management, there is growing evidence that it may result in poorer outcomes for patients, hence the trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said developments in technology suggested the drug &#8220;may cause more harm than good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The British Heart Foundation has also supported the study.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0; 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