Comparison of Different Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Training Methods

Improvement of BLS/AED Training Programmes Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Four Different AED Training Methods in Three Different Age Groups

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00932906
• Other study ID #: Ed-2008-06
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 3, 2009
• Last updated: July 6, 2009
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: July 2009
• Source: Doczero
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Netherlands: Medical Ethics Review Committee (METC)
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a prospective, randomized trial that compares the effectiveness and retention of four different training methods for the use of an AED:

A. Traditional instructor based learning;

B. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills;

C. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills and additional scenario training;

D. Watching a 2.5 minutes DVD which shows the use of an AED.

It is hypnotised that there are no differences between these training methods, in which case method D is most efficient to reach large number of people to learn BLS/AED skills.

There are two interesting target groups to reach:

1. Younger people, as they might give the highest interest after training, as they normally live longer.

2. Older people as they are member of the most important group in risk and have therefore a higher change of being a witness of cardiac arrest.

As there might be differences in the results between different training methods than can be related to age, each training group is distinguished to three different groups:

1. 21 years of younger;

2. between 21 and 50 years;

3. older than 50 years.

It is hypnotised that there are no differences between younger and older students within each of the four training methods.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 396
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• willing to follow a BLS/AED course up to 2h

Exclusion Criteria:

• CPR training within the last five years

• professional health care provider

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Improvement of BLS/AED Training Programmes

Intervention

Other:
• Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
• Standard training
Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Doczero	Laerdal Medical

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Kruskal-Wallis test		6 months	No