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.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 84
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Basic Life Support Performance
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Trained evaluators will rate a series of videos but will be blinded to which arm of the study participants are from.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •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.
排除标准
- •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
结局指标
主要结局
Basic Life Support Performance
时间窗: 4 months
Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke checklist score
次要结局
- Time to start chest compressions(4 months)
- Overall BLS performance(4 months)
- Time to defibrillation(4 months)
- Quality of CPR(4 months)