Improvement of BLS/AED Training Methods
Conditions
Keywords
Education, Retention, Retrieval
Brief summary
The hypotheses that will be studied are: H0: Providers trained by a web based application for skill competency in basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillation (AED) are as competent as those who were trained by certified instructors using the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) curriculum H00-1: Providers who trained themselves with the used of web based training are more competent when they had a personal manikin for home exercise compared to providers who trained themselves with only a web based training H0-2: Providers who did not receive any training will score lower than those who did. Research questions for this study are: 1. What are the results in skill competency for non trained people? 2. What are the results in skill competency for trained people immediately after training? 3. What is the retention of skills for trained and non trained people after six months?
Interventions
OTHERERC-training by instructor
Standard way of training with an instructor
OTHERWeb-based training only
Experimental way of training with a web based training application
OTHERWeb-based training with a personal training manikin
Experimental way of training with a web based training application and a simple personal training manikin
Sponsors
Ambulance Oost
Doczero
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* willing to follow a BLS/AED course
Exclusion criteria
* CPR training within the last five years * professional health care provider
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Kruskal-Wallis | 10-2007 - 03-2009 |
Outcome results
None listed