PediAppRREST: effectiveness of an interactive cognitive support tablet app in reducing deviations from guidelines in the management of paediatric cardiac arrest: protocol for a simulation-based randomised controlled trial

Francesco Corazza, Marta Arpone, Deborah Snijders, Adam Cheng, Valentina Stritoni, Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Marco De Luca, Luca Tortorolo, Anna Chiara Frigo, Liviana Da Dalt, Silvia Bressan, Francesco Corazza, Marta Arpone, Deborah Snijders, Adam Cheng, Valentina Stritoni, Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Marco De Luca, Luca Tortorolo, Anna Chiara Frigo, Liviana Da Dalt, Silvia Bressan

Abstract

Introduction: Paediatric cardiac arrest (PCA), despite its low incidence, has a high mortality. Its management is complex and deviations from guideline recommendations occur frequently. We developed a new interactive tablet app, named PediAppRREST, to support the management of PCA. The app received a good usability evaluation in a previous pilot trial. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the PediAppRREST app in reducing deviations from guideline recommendations in PCA management.

Methods and analysis: This is a multicentre, simulation-based, randomised controlled, three-parallel-arm study. Participants are residents in Paediatric, Emergency Medicine, and Anaesthesiology programmes in Italy. All 105 teams (315 participants) manage the same scenario of in-hospital PCA. Teams are randomised by the study statistician into one of three study arms for the management of the PCA scenario: (1) an intervention group using the PediAppRREST app or (2) a control group Paediatric Advanced Life Support (CtrlPALS+) using the PALS pocket reference card; or (3) a control group (CtrlPALS-) not allowed to use any PALS-related cognitive aid. The primary outcome of the study is the number of deviations (delays and errors) in PCA management from PALS guideline recommendations, according to a novel checklist, named c-DEV15plus. The c-DEV15plus scores will be compared between groups with a one-way analysis of variance model, followed by the Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons adjustment procedure in case of statistical significance.

Ethics and dissemination: The Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of Padova, coordinating centre of the trial, deemed the project to be a negligible risk study and approved it through an expedited review process. The results of the study will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals, and at national and international scientific conferences. Based on the study results, the PediAppRREST app will be further refined and will be available for download by institutions/healthcare professionals.

Trial registration number: NCT04619498; Pre-results.

Keywords: accident & emergency medicine; health informatics; medical education & training; paediatric A&E and ambulatory care; paediatric intensive & critical care.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Study design diagram. PALS, Paediatric Advanced Life Support.

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