Optimal Training Frequency for Attainment and Maintenance of High-quality CPR on a High-fidelity Manikin

Optimal Serial Training Frequency for Attainment and Maintenance of High Quality CPR Using Real-Time Automated Performance Feedback Combined With Verbal Feedback From a CPR Instructor

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02998307

Enrollment

244

Registered

2016-12-20

Start date

2016-04-30

Completion date

2018-01-08

Last updated

2018-03-15

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Conditions

Simulation Training

Brief summary

Objectives: The primary objective is to determine the least frequent CPR training interval associated with continued performance of guideline-compliant CPR. The secondary objective is to determine whether certain physical characteristics, such as age, gender, exercise tolerance, height, and weight may be able to identify HCPs at high risk of being unable to perform high-quality CPR. Design: Randomized trial to compare the effect of different training frequencies on long-term CPR performance. Participants and setting: Nurses in all adult departments at Health Sciences North. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a group that undertakes short CPR assessment and training sessions either 1) every month, 2) every 3 months, 3) every 6 months, or 4) every 12 months (control group) over the course of a twelve-month period. Analysis: The proportion of nurses in each group that is able to perform excellent CPR at the twelve-month time point will be determined. Excellent CPR is defined as a two-minute CPR session where 90% of compressions are performed with correct depth (50-60 mm), 90% with correct rate (100-120 /min), and 90% with full chest recoil. A subgroup analysis will also be performed where the demographic data of individuals who are unable to perform excellent CPR at the twelve-month time point regardless of intervention group are compared against those who are successful. Conclusion: The results of our study will help determine the longest CPR training interval associated with maintenance of high-quality CPR skills to minimize training sessions required and decrease associated costs. The results will also generate hypotheses for future study about optimizing role assignments and team performance in resuscitation.

Interventions

PROCEDURECPR Training

Brief CPR assessment and training done during working hours with real-time performance feedback

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Practicing nurses from multiple clinical environments (operating room, intensive care unit, emergency room, medical and surgical wards) at Health Sciences North.

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Proportion of nurses in each group able to perform excellent CPR after completing CPR training programs of various frequencies	12 months	Excellent CPR is a dichotomous variable achieved if 90% of compressions are performed with correct depth (50-60 mm), 90% with correct rate (100-120 /min), and 90% with full chest recoil. The proportion of nurses in each group able to perform excellent CPR after completing CPR training programs of various frequencies.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Predictors of inability to perform high-quality CPR	12 months	Comparison of the following factors in participants able to perform excellent CPR and those who are not at the twelve-month time point: percentage of participants who are female or have self-declared shortness of breath when climbing two flights of stairs, and average age, height and weight.

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026