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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Basic Life Support
• Interventions: Other: Early Booster Teaching; Other: Late Booster Teaching

• Registration Number: NCT03893253
• Lead Sponsor: Hopital Montfort

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-22
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-28
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-17
• Study Completion: 2020-07-17
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Early Booster Teaching	Early Booster Teaching	The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.
Late Booster Teaching	Late Booster Teaching	The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Basic Life Support Performance	4 months	Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke checklist score

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to start chest compressions	4 months	Time from entering the scene to initiation of compression
Overall BLS performance	4 months	Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke checklist (PASS OR FAIL)
Time to defibrillation	4 months	Time from start to defibrillation with AED
Quality of CPR	4 months	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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institut du Savoir Montfort; 🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada