EARLY ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION FOR VICTIMS OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST (OOH-CA) Release Date: December 15, 1998 BAA AVAILABLE: BAA-NHLBI-HC-99-06 P.T. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is issuing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for studies testing intervention strategies for promoting early access to defibrillation for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA). This announcement is intended to encourage creative intervention approaches to achieving early access to defibrillation for OOH CA; accordingly, the announcement avoids specifying any particular approach. Proposals should use intervention strategies that aim to enhance early access to defibrillation for OOH CA and should include survival, morbidity, and functional outcome measures (such as activities of daily living). It is critical that any strategy employed be generalizable to a large segment of the OOH CA population, i.e., have major implications for public health. The peer review group will determine whether the proposed strategy is meritorious. Only randomized clinical trials will be considered responsive to the announcement. If technology or devices are to be incorporated into the intervention strategy, the technology or device should already have been proven to be efficacious and safe, and the intervention to be tested should focus on the approach or strategy for implementing the technology/device. The NHLBI Broad Agency Announcement is authorized by FAR 6.102(d)(2). The BAA NIH-NHLBI-HC-99-06, which contains detailed information on preparing the business and technical proposals, the Technical Evaluation Criteria and Additional Background for this announcement is available at the following Internet address: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/rafs/rfas.htm. All proposals will be reviewed in accordance with the Peer Review Process; proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. The proposal due date is March 1, 1999, 4:00 (Eastern Time). NHLBI encourages the participation of all interested offerors capable of satisfying the Government's need. INQUIRIES Correspondence regarding the RFP may be directed to: Ms. Lisa O'Neill Epidemiology and Clinical Applications Contracts Section National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6122 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 435-0345 Email: o7l@cu.nih.gov
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