Comparison of Different Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Training Methods

Comparison of Four Different AED Training Methods in Three Different Age Groups

This study is a prospective, randomized trial that compares the effectiveness and retention of four different training methods for the use of an AED:

A. Traditional instructor based learning;

B. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills;

C. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills and additional scenario training;

D. Watching a 2.5 minutes DVD which shows the use of an AED.

It is hypnotised that there are no differences between these training methods, in which case method D is most efficient to reach large number of people to learn BLS/AED skills.

There are two interesting target groups to reach:

1. Younger people, as they might give the highest interest after training, as they normally live longer.
2. Older people as they are member of the most important group in risk and have therefore a higher change of being a witness of cardiac arrest.

As there might be differences in the results between different training methods than can be related to age, each training group is distinguished to three different groups:

1. 21 years of younger;
2. between 21 and 50 years;
3. older than 50 years.

It is hypnotised that there are no differences between younger and older students within each of the four training methods.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Improvement of BLS/AED Training Programmes
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Standard training; Other: Different self-training methods

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 396
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• willing to follow a BLS/AED course up to 2h

Exclusion Criteria:

• CPR training within the last five years
• professional health care provider

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

12

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; <21 years; The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.	Other: Standard training; Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; 21-50 years; The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.	Other: Standard training; Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; >50 years; The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.	Other: Standard training; Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
Experimental: Video Skill Training; <21 years; Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video Skill Training; 21-50 years; Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video Skill Training; >50 years; Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video scenario training; <21 years; Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video scenario training; 21-50 years; Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video scenario training; >50 years; Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video demonstration training; <21 years; Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video demonstration training; 21-50 years; Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
Experimental: Video demonstration training; >50 years; Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.	Other: Different self-training methods; Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Kruskal-Wallis test	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Doczero
• Collaborators: Laerdal Medical
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Wiebe de Vries, MSc, Doczero; Study Director: Koenraad Monsieurs, Professor, University Hospital, Ghent; Study Chair: Joost Bierens, Professor, VU Medical Centre; Study Chair: Rudolph Koster, PhD MD, Academical Medical Centre Amsterdam; Study Chair: Nigel M Turner, PhD MD, Medicine, Wilhelmina Children Hospital - University Medical Centre Utrecht

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 3, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 6, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): July 7, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 7, 2009
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 6, 2009
• Last Verified: July 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Retention; Education; Retrieval; Self training
• Other Study ID Numbers: Ed-2008-06