Evaluation of a Training Model for the Proficient Use of the Belmont Rapid Infuser

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Use of the Belmont Rapid Infuser

Treatments: Procedure: Hands on Assembly of Belmont Rapid Infuser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02059109

2011-1844

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Belmont Rapid Infuser is a device currently approved to replace larger volumes of necessary fluids such as blood in a fast and safe manner. The purpose of the study is to evaluate proficiency and the retention of knowledge of how to use the device based on current methods of training compared to revised training methods.

Hypotheses:

1. The use of the traditional method of training is not effective, predicting less then half of staff will pass on the first attempt.
2. Restructured test with hands-on training as opposed to oral presentation only with a written test will result in a pass rate of > 80%.
3. Staff members who work in pairs will perform better than working alone when setting up the Belmont Rapid Infuser (BRI).
4. Retention at 3 months will be higher with the restructured training method than with the traditional training method.

Full description

Participants will be recruited to complete a test after undergoing either the traditional or the restructured training method. This training will be completed on one day and takes about 1 hour.

All participants who pass via either method of training are evaluated again to test retention 3-4 months later .

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants will be recruited from the faculty, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and fellows from the Department of Anesthesia at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
• They may have had educational exposure or use of the Belmont Rapid Infuser without independent assembly.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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56 participants in 2 patient groups

Single

Experimental group

Description:

Staff will work alone to assemble the Belmont Rapid Infuser

Treatment:

Procedure: Hands on Assembly of Belmont Rapid Infuser

Pair

Experimental group

Description:

Staff will work in pairs to assemble the Belmont Rapid Infuser

Treatment:

Procedure: Hands on Assembly of Belmont Rapid Infuser