Early or Late Booster in Basic Life Support for Health Care Professionals

Basic Life Support Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does an Early Booster Session Improve Performance and Retention of Basic Life Support Skills Compared to a Late Booster in Health Care Professionals? A Simulation-based Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03893253
• Other study ID #: 18-19-08-020
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 22, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Hopital Montfort
• 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:

Health care professionals who have not received BLS training in the 6 months leading up to the date of participation will be recruited from local health care institutions in the greater-Ottawa area. 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: 84
• Est. completion date: July 17, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 17, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-Healthcare professionals who interact with patients and 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 of age
• non healthcare professionals
• healthcare professionals who don't interact directly with patients
• healthcare professionals who have completed Basic Life Support training in the previous six 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	Institut du Savoir Montfort	Ottawa	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hopital Montfort	Institut du Savoir Montfort

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Basic Life Support Performance	Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke checklist score	4 months
Secondary	Time to start chest compressions	Time from entering the scene to initiation of compression	4 months
Secondary	Time to defibrillation	Time from start to defibrillation with AED	4 months
Secondary	Quality of CPR	Hand placement on lower half of sternum, 30 compressions in no less than 15 and no more than 18 seconds, compresses at least 5 cm, complete recoil after each compression	4 months
Secondary	Overall BLS performance	Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke checklist (PASS OR FAIL)	4 months