Early or Late Booster for Basic Life Support?

NCT02998723 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20150174-01H
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 95
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Basic Life Support

Keywords

Basic Life Support; Education, Medical; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Basic Life Support performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke Heartsaver checklist

  BLS performance, as measured by the standardized Heart and Stroke Heartsaver checklist

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Time to start chest compression;

  4 months

• Accuracy of compression depth

  4 months

• Compression ratio

  4 months

• Hand position

  4 months

• Tidal volume

  4 months

Study Arms (3)

Early Booster Teaching

EXPERIMENTAL

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Other: Early Booster Teaching

Late booster Teaching

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback.

Other: Late Booster Teaching

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive no booster at all.

Interventions

Early Booster Teaching OTHER

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Early Booster Teaching

Late Booster Teaching OTHER

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Late booster Teaching

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Laypeople who have not received any BLS training or practice in the 6 months leading up to the date of their participation will be recruited.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years old;
• Non layperson and Basic Life Training in less than 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ottawa Hospital Research Institute: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Boet S, Waldolf R, Bould C, Lam S, Burns JK, Moffett S, McBride G, Ramsay T, Bould MD. Early or late booster for basic life support skill for laypeople: a simulation-based randomized controlled trial. CJEM. 2022 Jun;24(4):408-418. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00291-3. Epub 2022 Apr 19.

  PMID: 35438450 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Sylvain Boet, MD

  The Ottawa Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2016
• First Posted: December 20, 2016
• Study Start: November 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2017
• Study Completion: April 1, 2017
• Last Updated: September 7, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)