Early or Late Booster for Basic Life Support?

Basic Life Support Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does an Early Booster Session Improve Performance and Retention of Skills in Basic Life Support Compared to a Later Booster? A Simulation Based Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02998723
• Other study ID #: 20150174-01H
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: April 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Attrition of skills after basic life support (BLS) training is common. Psychology studies have established that for basic memory recall tasks, spaced learning strategies improve retention. Spaced learning is often organized as a refresher or 'booster' course after initial training. This study aims to investigate if this principle holds true for BLS skills, which require rapid memory recall and efficient deployment of procedural skills while under time pressure.

Description:

Novice laypeople who have not received BLS training in the 6 months leading up to the date of participation will be recruited from the University of Ottawa and the general public. Participants will be randomized into one of three groups: early booster, late booster, or no booster (control). Currently, no booster is the educational standard. The early booster group will receive a booster at 3 weeks, the late booster at 2 months, and no booster for the control. All participants will undergo BLS training, an immediate post-test, and a retention post-test at 4 months. Post-tests involve a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. Raters will be blinded to the group allocation and simulation test order.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 95
• Est. completion date: April 2017
• Est. primary completion date: April 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Laypeople who have not received any BLS training or practice in the 6 months leading up to the date of their participation will be recruited.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years old;

• Non layperson and Basic Life Training in less than 6 months.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Basic Life Support

Intervention

Other:
• Early Booster Teaching
The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.
• Late Booster Teaching
The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	The Ottawa Hospital	Ottawa	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke Heartsaver checklist	BLS performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke Heartsaver checklist	4 months
Secondary	Time to start chest compression;	Time from entering the scene to initiation of compression (in seconds)	4 months
Secondary	Accuracy of compression depth	Percentage of compressions that are deep enough	4 months
Secondary	Compression ratio	The percentage of time during the scenario that compressions are done	4 months
Secondary	Hand position	The percentage of time the hand position is correct	4 months
Secondary	Tidal volume	Mean tidal volume (ml)	4 months
Secondary	Ventilation success rate	The percentage of time ventilations are done with adequate volume 400-700mls	4 months
Secondary	Time to defibrillation using AED.	Time from start to defibrillation using AED (in seconds)	4 months