The School Lifesavers Study

NCT03151785 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UoB
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

60,000 people suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest in the United Kingdom (UK) every year. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates are dismal (30%) compared with places where CPR education is mandatory for all school children (\>50%). Strategies are needed to increase these rates through innovative approaches. Lifesaver (www.life-saver.org.uk) is an immersive interactive programme/application that presents such an opportunity. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of Lifesaver on CPR attitudes, knowledge, skills acquisition and retention in school children. Additionally, it aims to examine whether Lifesaver provides additional benefits in terms of CPR attitudes, knowledge, skills acquisitions and retention in school children when combined with face-to-face BLS training.

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

CPR; Schools; Education; Lifesaver

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Chest compression depth (mm) from day of intervention and at 2 month and 4 month follow up visits.

  Day 0, 2 month, 4 month

• Change in Chest compression rate from day of intervention and at 2 month and 4 month follow up visits

  Day 0, 2 month, 4 month

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in CPR attitude measured using an attitudes table questionnaire from baseline to post teaching and testing on Day 0 of intervention and at follow up

  Baseline on Day 0, Post intervention on Day 0 of testing, 2 month, 4 month

• CPR knowledge test using a questionnaire

  Post intervention on Day 0 of testing, 2 month, 4 month

Study Arms (3)

Face-to-face BLS training

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Pupils will receive CPR training by standardised face-to-face BLS training only

Other: Face-to-face BLS training

Lifesaver training

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Pupils will receive CPR training by Lifesaver programme only

Other: Lifesaver training

Lifesaver and Face-to-Face BLS training

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Pupils will receive CPR training by Lifesaver and standardised face-to-face BLS training

Other: Lifesaver and Face-to-Face BLS training

Interventions

Face-to-face BLS training OTHER

Pupils will receive CPR training by standardised face-to-face BLS training only

Face-to-face BLS training

Lifesaver training OTHER

Pupils will receive CPR training by Lifesaver programme only

Lifesaver training

Lifesaver and Face-to-Face BLS training OTHER

Pupils will receive CPR training by Lifesaver and standardised face-to-face BLS training

Lifesaver and Face-to-Face BLS training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All secondary schools in West Midlands
• Year 8 pupils

You may not qualify if:

• Participation in British Heart Foundation Heartstart programme
• Schools with established CPR training programme for Year 8 and unable to substitute their programme with teaching provided by this study
• Inability to participate in study during allocated timeframe

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Birmingham: lead
• Heart of England NHS Trust: collaborator
• Resuscitation Council UK: collaborator
• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Arrest

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Joyce Yeung

  University of Birmingham

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2016
• First Posted: May 12, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: May 12, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05