NCT03773861

Brief Summary

Basic Life Support (BLS) is important for outcome in cardiac arrest.Therefore, it is crucial to improve the quality of education in resuscitation training. Better training will eventually lead to more effective CPR skills in course participants. BLS courses in both international resuscitation associations (European Resuscitation Council and American Heart Association are typically taught in small groups of 6 participants. In reality group sizes of up to 10 participants are used, because these courses are highly demanded and cost intensive. There is no evidence for the effective group size to be clinical and cost effective. Therefore the investigators perform this prospective study to determine the maximum number of participants an instructor can oversee without missing more than 20% of errors made during an instructional BLS session.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
64

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Dec 2018

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 28, 2018

Completed
12 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

December 10, 2018

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 12, 2018

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 31, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 31, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

February 3, 2021

Status Verified

February 1, 2021

Enrollment Period

1.1 years

First QC Date

November 28, 2018

Last Update Submit

February 2, 2021

Conditions

Educational ProblemsResuscitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • The threshold of number of course participants in a BLS educational session

    How many volunteers can be overseen by one instructor who still is able to correctly identify and correct serious BLS errors of all course participants.

    BLS educational session 10 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Participants

OTHER

Active BLS- Instructors at the Bern Simulation and CPR- Center (BeSiC), at the Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Participants have to oversee a BLS instructional session, where standardized errors are performed by trained volunteers.

Other: errors made in one BLS session

Interventions

errors made in one BLS sessionOTHER

BLS instructors have to oversee a standardized BLS training session, where standardized errors are made by trained volunteers.

Participants

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 70 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Active BLS- Instructors at the Bern Simulation and CPR-Center (BeSiC), at the Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

You may not qualify if:

  • Decline to participate

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Location

Related Publications (4)

  • Perkins GD, Handley AJ, Koster RW, Castren M, Smyth MA, Olasveengen T, Monsieurs KG, Raffay V, Grasner JT, Wenzel V, Ristagno G, Soar J; Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation section Collaborators. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015: Section 2. Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation. Resuscitation. 2015 Oct;95:81-99. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.07.015. Epub 2015 Oct 15. No abstract available.

    PMID: 26477420BACKGROUND

  • Beck S, Issleib M, Daubmann A, Zollner C. Peer education for BLS-training in schools? Results of a randomized-controlled, noninferiority trial. Resuscitation. 2015 Sep;94:85-90. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.06.026. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

    PMID: 26184655BACKGROUND

  • Cendan JC, Silver M, Ben-David K. Changing the student clerkship from traditional lectures to small group case-based sessions benefits the student and the faculty. J Surg Educ. 2011 Mar-Apr;68(2):117-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.09.011.

    PMID: 21338967BACKGROUND

  • Chamberlain DA, Hazinski MF; European Resuscitation Council; American Heart Association; Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa; Australia and New Zealand Resuscitation Council; Consejo Latino-Americano de Resusucitacion. Education in resuscitation: an ILCOR symposium: Utstein Abbey: Stavanger, Norway: June 22-24, 2001. Circulation. 2003 Nov 18;108(20):2575-94. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000099898.11954.3B. No abstract available.

    PMID: 14623795BACKGROUND

Study Officials

  • Sabine Nabecker, M.D.

    University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 28, 2018

First Posted

December 12, 2018

Study Start

December 10, 2018

Primary Completion

December 31, 2019

Study Completion

December 31, 2019

Last Updated

February 3, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Locations

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