Comparison of Different Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Training Methods

NCT00932906 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: Ed-2008-06
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 396
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study is a prospective, randomized trial that compares the effectiveness and retention of four different training methods for the use of an AED: A. Traditional instructor based learning; B. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills; C. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills and additional scenario training; D. Watching a 2.5 minutes DVD which shows the use of an AED. It is hypnotised that there are no differences between these training methods, in which case method D is most efficient to reach large number of people to learn BLS/AED skills. There are two interesting target groups to reach:

1. 1.Younger people, as they might give the highest interest after training, as they normally live longer.
2. 2.Older people as they are member of the most important group in risk and have therefore a higher change of being a witness of cardiac arrest.
3. 3.21 years of younger;
4. 4.between 21 and 50 years;
5. 5.older than 50 years.

Conditions

Improvement of BLS/AED Training Programmes

Keywords

Education; Retention; Retrieval; Self training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Kruskal-Wallis test

  6 months

Study Arms (12)

Instructor based training; <21 years

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program \[ref; navragen bij Koen\] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.

Other: Standard training

Instructor based training; 21-50 years

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program \[ref; navragen bij Koen\] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.

Other: Standard training

Instructor based training; >50 years

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program \[ref; navragen bij Koen\] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.

Other: Standard training

Video Skill Training; <21 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video Skill Training; 21-50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video Skill Training; >50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video scenario training; <21 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video scenario training; 21-50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video scenario training; >50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video demonstration training; <21 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video demonstration training; 21-50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.

Other: Different self-training methods

Video demonstration training; >50 years

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.

Other: Different self-training methods

Interventions

Different self-training methods OTHER

Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit

Video Skill Training; 21-50 years; Video Skill Training; <21 years; Video Skill Training; >50 years; Video demonstration training; 21-50 years; Video demonstration training; <21 years; Video demonstration training; >50 years; Video scenario training; 21-50 years; Video scenario training; <21 years; Video scenario training; >50 years

Standard training OTHER

Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions

Instructor based training; 21-50 years; Instructor based training; <21 years; Instructor based training; >50 years

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• willing to follow a BLS/AED course up to 2h

You may not qualify if:

• CPR training within the last five years
• professional health care provider

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Doczero: lead
• Laerdal Medical: collaborator

Study Officials

• Wiebe de Vries, MSc

  Doczero

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Koenraad Monsieurs, Professor

  University Hospital, Ghent

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Joost Bierens, Professor

  VU Medical Centre

  STUDY CHAIR

• Rudolph Koster, PhD MD

  Academical Medical Centre Amsterdam

  STUDY CHAIR

• Nigel M Turner, PhD MD

  Medicine, Wilhelmina Children Hospital - University Medical Centre Utrecht

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 3, 2009
• First Posted: July 7, 2009
• Study Start: July 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: July 7, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-07