FAST Learning Methods

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trauma

Treatments: Other: Didactic training in the FAST

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02289911

FAST/2014/03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Training paramedics in new skills via classroom-based teaching has inherent costs and time constraints. The investigators sought to evaluate whether web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) compared with the traditional method.

Full description

Paramedics were randomized into a classroom group with traditional lectures and a web group that watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test four weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test. A control group completed the two initial tests without didactic intervention.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study emergency medical professionals (paramedics, nurses, physicians)

Exclusion criteria

• not meet the above criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Class

Active Comparator group

Description:

Traditional learning form

Treatment:

Other: Didactic training in the FAST

Web

Active Comparator group

Description:

Didactic training using internet

Treatment:

Other: Didactic training in the FAST