CPR Training in 7th Grade Students

NCT00570609 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2-20070909
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a prospective study of 7th grade students participating in the CPR Anytime® program. After consent, participants will be asked to complete the program with their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) and encouraged to include other friends and family members in the program. After completing the program, the participant and their parent(s) will be evaluated for adequacy of chest compressions/CPR. The student participants will be evaluated again at 6 months for adequacy of chest compressions/CPR Objectives:

1. 1.To evaluate 7th grade students for adequacy of CPR and chest compressions after completing a take home CPR course
2. 2.To evaluate the multiplier effect of students training in CPR with their parents/family members using a take home CPR instructional kit
3. 3.To evaluate the participating parent for adequacy of CPR and chest compressions after completing a take home CPR course
4. 4.7th grade students can be trained, using CPR Anytime®, to perform adequate chest compressions/CPR and their skills will be maintained at 6 months
5. 5.As part of the multiplier effect, an additional 1.5 family members per participant will be trained to perform adequate chest compressions/CPR

Conditions

Coronary Atherosclerosis; Prevention of Heart Disease

Keywords

CPR

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• As tested by a CPR instructor, 7th grade students will be evaluated for performance of adequate chest compressions/CPR initially and at at 6 months after training with CPR Anytime®,

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• As part of the multiplier effect, an additional 1.5 family members per participant will be expected to be trained to perform adequate chest compressions/CPR

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

CPR Anytime

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to complete the program with their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) and encouraged to include other friends and family members in the program

Other: CPR Anytime education

Interventions

CPR Anytime education OTHER

After consent, participants will be asked to complete the 22 minute DVD CPR Anytime program with their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) and encouraged to include other friends and family members in the program

CPR Anytime

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants
• Access to home DVD player
• Participants must be able to read, speak and understand English

You may not qualify if:

• Lack of functioning home DVD player
• Physical limitation to the ability to perform CPR/Chest compressions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Marna Rayl Greenberg: lead

Study Sites (1)

Salisbury Middle School

Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Coronary Disease; Myocardial Ischemia; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Arteriosclerosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Vascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Marna R Greenberg, D.O., MPH

  LVH

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Emergency Medicine Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 10, 2007
• First Posted: December 11, 2007
• Study Start: January 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: June 1, 2010
• Last Updated: April 26, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-04

Locations

US (1)