The Efficacy of Basic Life Support Education Among Teenagers (BLSGimiHun)

The Investigation of the Efficacy of Basic Life Support Education Among High School Students

Basic life support (BLS) skills are crucial not only for healthcare workers but for all lay people as well. Timely recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the initiation of BLS by bystanders before the arrival of healthcare personnel can improve survival.

There are several methods of spreading BLS skills and improve BLS skill retention among lay people. One of these methods can be educating school children. The introduction of mandatory BLS education in schools was very effective in some European countries to increase the rate of bystander BLS.

The current study aims to investigate the efficacy of a BLS training and BLS curriculum among high school children in Hungary. Moreover, the investigators would like to optimise factors influencing skill retention in this first responder group and aim to compare two types of teaching methods: feedback given by the instructor or software-based feedback on the efficacy of chest compressions during the course.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Basic Life Support; Premedical Education; Study Skills
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Instructor feedback; Other: Software based feedback

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 360
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Uzonka Szabolcsi; Phone Number: +361458680; Email: szabolcsiu@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Enikő Kovács, PhD; Phone Number: +36206632035; Email: kovacs.eniko2@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Study Locations

• Hungary
  • Budapest, Hungary
    • Recruiting
    • Óbudai Gimnázium
    • Contact: Endre Zima

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• High school teenagers participating in the education of Óbudai High School, Budapest
• Written informed consent received from participants and their parents to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• No written informed consent provided by the student or parent
• Any injury or health issue influencing the efficacy of BLS skill

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Instructor feedback; BLS training participants will receive feedback from an experienced instructor certified by European Resuscitation Council on the depth and frequency of chest compressions, duty cycle, chest recoil and the quality of ventilation.	Other: Instructor feedback; Feedback is given by the opinion and observation of an experienced instructor.
Experimental: Software feedback; BLS training participants will receive feedback based on a software (InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary) on the quality of chest compression (exact frequency, depth of chest compression, chest recoil and duty cycle) and tidal volume during ventilation.	Other: Software based feedback; Feedback is given by the data of a software (InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
End of training BLS skill assessment based on a checklist	BLS skills measured right after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.	up to two hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
BLS skill assessment after 2 months based on a checklist	BLS skills measured 2 months after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.	2 months
BLS skill assessment after 6 months based on a checklist	BLS skills measured 6 months after the training based on a checklist including the most important steps of BLS and quality of chest compression. The assessment will be performed by two instructors and the software of InnoMed CardioAid-1 Trainer AED, Innomed Inc., Budapest, Hungary.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Semmelweis University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Endre Zima, PhD, Semmelweis University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): February 29, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 17, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 29, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 9, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2024
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SUVM_BLS_1

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No