A Clinical Trial to Study the Feasibility and Acceptability of an App to Support Pediatric Resuscitation

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Arrest Cardio Respiratory; Pediatrics; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Emergency Medical Services; Resuscitation

Treatments: Other: Linear Cognitive Aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06768099

2023P000386

R01HL141429 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinicial trial is to test the acceptability and feasibility of linear cognitive aid intervention to support EMS teams in responding to pediatric emergencies. We are testing the hypothesis that cognitive aids with linear logic will be feasible to use and acceptable to EMS teams in urban and rural areas.

Researchers will compare technical performance, teamwork, and self-assessed cognitive load of participants to see the difference between performing resuscitations using their current standard with existing cognitive aids and using our linear cognitive aid.

Participants' teams will:

• perform in situ high-fidelity simulation of two critical children's resuscitation scenarios
• be randomized to 1) perform both resuscitations with their current standard with existing cognitive aids or 2) perform both resuscitations using our linear cognitive aid.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Active public, private, volunteer, hospital-based, or third-party EMS providers
• Speaks and understands English
• Age 18 and over

Exclusion criteria

• Not clinically active

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Current Standard with Existing Cognitive Aids

No Intervention group

Description:

We will perform in situ high-fidelity simulation of two critical children's emergency resuscitation scenarios using the current standard of care with existing cognitive aids.

Linear Cognitive Aid

Experimental group

Description:

We will perform in situ high-fidelity simulation of two critical children's emergency resuscitation scenarios using a linear cognitive aid

Treatment:

Other: Linear Cognitive Aid