Teaching Young Children Swim Survival Skills

Drowning Clinical Trial

Official title:

Teaching Young Children Swim Survival Skills

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05977530
• Other study ID #: IRB-300011508
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2024
• Est. completion date: March 2025

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is designed to evaluate whether commercially-available swim self-rescue schools are effective to teach children ages 12-23 months to stay safely alive floating in the water (or grasping the pool's edge) without adult intervention. The investigators will measure children's water self-rescue skills at baseline and then they will engage in commercially-available training over the course of several weeks. The investigators will then measure their skills again. Assessments will be conducted using a standardized protocol with a certified lifeguard present. Parents will also complete a short survey concerning child and family demographics and child and family swim and lifeguard training experience.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: March 2025
• Est. primary completion date: March 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Months to 23 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• child ages 12-23 months

• enrolled in self-rescue course at participating swim facility

Exclusion Criteria:

• medical conditions counter-indicating training in water

• previous experience in self-rescue swim courses

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Drowning

Intervention

Behavioral:
• self-rescue training
children will receive training for self-rescue if they are alone in water

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	experimenter-designed standardized behavioral assessment of children's self-rescue ability	assessment of whether children can float alone or reach the pool's edge, without adult assistance	at completion of training intervention program, an anticipated average of 4 weeks