Basic Life Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Refresher in MS2 at St George's University

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Skill Retention in Medical Students
• Interventions: Other: Multimedia; Other: Hands-on practice

• Registration Number: NCT01832012
• Lead Sponsor: Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation

Brief Summary

175 second year medical students were assessed on their BLS CPR skill retention after an approximate one year after taking the initial certification class, and the investigators assessed which type of refresher course would be most effective in improving the students' CPR skills. Group 2 had no refresher, Group 3 had a multimedia refresher, and Group 4 had the same multimedia refresher plus hands on practice on a Laerdal BLS manikin. The investigators hypothesized that Group 4 would perform CPR skills with the highest competency compared to the other two groups.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-07
• Primary Completion: 2012-07
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Status Verified: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2013-04-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 175

Inclusion Criteria

• Voluntary second year medical student

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Video refresher and hands-on practice	Hands-on practice	Group 4, received same 7 minute video refresher, along with hands-on practice along with the video on a Laerdal BLS manikin.
Video refresher	Multimedia	Group 3, received 7 minute video refresher prior to examination.
Video refresher and hands-on practice	Multimedia	Group 4, received same 7 minute video refresher, along with hands-on practice along with the video on a Laerdal BLS manikin.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chest compressions	1 session	Chest compressions were measured on a Laerdal Resusci-Anne recording manikin for each subject.
Bag Valve Mask ventilations	1 session	Bag Valve Mask ventilations were measured for each subject on a Laerdal Resusci-Anne recording manikin.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. George's University; 🇬🇩 True Blue, St. George's, Grenada