The Efficacy of Basic Life Support Education Among Teenagers

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• Conditions: Premedical Education; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Study Skills; Basic Life Support
• Interventions: Other: Instructor feedback; Other: Software based feedback

• Registration Number: NCT06016153
• Lead Sponsor: Semmelweis University

Brief Summary

Basic life support (BLS) skills are crucial not only for healthcare workers but for all lay people as well. Timely recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the initiation of BLS by bystanders before the arrival of healthcare personnel can improve survival.

There are several methods of spreading BLS skills and improve BLS skill retention among lay people. One of these methods can be educating school children. The introduction of mandatory BLS education in schools was very effective in some European countries to increase the rate of bystander BLS.

The current study aims to investigate the efficacy of a BLS training and BLS curriculum among high school children in Hungary. Moreover, the investigators would like to optimise factors influencing skill retention in this first responder group and aim to compare two types of teaching methods: feedback given by the instructor or software-based feedback on the efficacy of chest compressions during the course.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-24
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-29
• Study Start: 2023-12-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-09
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-29
• Study Completion: 2024-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

• High school teenagers participating in the education of Óbudai High School, Budapest
• Written informed consent received from participants and their parents to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• No written informed consent provided by the student or parent
• Any injury or health issue influencing the efficacy of BLS skill

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Instructor feedback	Instructor feedback	BLS training participants will receive feedback from an experienced instructor certified by European Resuscitation Council on the depth and frequency of chest compressions, duty cycle, chest recoil and the quality of ventilation.
Software feedback	Software based feedback	BLS training participants will receive feedback based on a software (InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary) on the quality of chest compression (exact frequency, depth of chest compression, chest recoil and duty cycle) and tidal volume during ventilation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
End of training BLS skill assessment based on a checklist	up to two hours	BLS skills measured right after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BLS skill assessment after 2 months based on a checklist	2 months	BLS skills measured 2 months after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.
BLS skill assessment after 6 months based on a checklist	6 months	BLS skills measured 6 months after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Óbudai Gimnázium; 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary