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

Semmelweis University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Premedical Education; Study Skills; Basic Life Support

Treatments: Other: Software based feedback; Other: Instructor feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06016153

SUVM_BLS_1

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 360 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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360 participants in 2 patient groups

Instructor feedback

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Instructor feedback

Software feedback

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Software based feedback