Better First Aid With First Aid Training and Dispatcher Central Instructions?

NCT02391922 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 2014/1844(REK)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study evaluates the effect of a first aid course on first aid skills compared to no training. The study also evaluates the effect of first-aid instructions given by emergency dispatch central over mobile phone on first aid performance to no instructions. Half the participants will perform first aid in two scenarios prior to first aid training. Half the participants will perform first aid in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after attending a first aid course. Half the participants (overall) will receive first aid instructions by mobile phone during the scenarios.

Conditions

Injury

Keywords

out of hospital cardiac arrest; first aid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• First aid performance after first aid course

  First aid performance 4-5 months after first aid course. Measured by a combined score from assigning specific first aid measures a score for being performed.

  4-5 months

• First aid performance during first aid instructions by phone

  First aid performance. Measured by a combined score from assigning specific first aid measures a score for being performed.

  Baseline

Study Arms (4)

No first aid course, No dipatch instruction

NO INTERVENTION

Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios without prior first aid course and no dispatch instructions during the scenarios

First aid course, No dispatch instructions

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after receiving a first aid course and no dispatch instructions during the scenarios

Behavioral: First aid course

First aid course, dispatch instructions

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after receiving a first aid course and they are given instructions from emergency dispatch by phone during the test scenarios

Behavioral: First aid course; Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone

No first aid course, dispatch instructions

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios without prior first aid course, and they are given instructions from emergency dispatch by phone during the test scenarios

Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone

Interventions

First aid course BEHAVIORAL

First aid course, No dispatch instructions; First aid course, dispatch instructions

First aid instructions by mobile phone BEHAVIORAL

First aid course, dispatch instructions; No first aid course, dispatch instructions

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Students in high school/college

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Tromso: lead
• Norway: Helgeland Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Tromso

Tromsø, 9037, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 31, 2014
• First Posted: March 18, 2015
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2017
• Last Updated: May 8, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05

Locations

NO (1)