Better First Aid With First Aid Training and Dispatcher Central Instructions?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study evaluates the effect of a first aid course on first aid skills compared to no training. The study also evaluates the effect of first-aid instructions given by emergency dispatch central over mobile phone on first aid performance to no instructions. Half the participants will perform first aid in two scenarios prior to first aid training. Half the participants will perform first aid in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after attending a first aid course. Half the participants (overall) will receive first aid instructions by mobile phone during the scenarios.

Official Title
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Bedre førstehjelp Med førstehjelpstrening og AMK-veiledning?

Conditions
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Injury

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: First aid course
* Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Students in high school/college Exclusion Criteria: -
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: No first aid course, No dipatch instruction<br>Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios without prior first aid course and no dispatch instructions during the scenarios | |
| Active Comparator: First aid course, No dispatch instructions<br>Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after receiving a first aid course and no dispatch instructions during the scenarios | Behavioral: First aid course<br> <br> |
| Active Comparator: First aid course, dispatch instructions<br>Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios 4 to 5 months after receiving a first aid course and they are given instructions from emergency dispatch by phone during the test scenarios | Behavioral: First aid course<br> <br> Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone<br> <br> |
| Active Comparator: No first aid course, dispatch instructions<br>Participants' first aid skills are tested in two scenarios without prior first aid course, and they are given instructions from emergency dispatch by phone during the test scenarios | Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone<br> <br> |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First aid performance after first aid course | First aid performance 4-5 months after first aid course. Measured by a combined score from assigning specific first aid measures a score for being performed. | 4-5 months | 
| First aid performance during first aid instructions by phone | First aid performance. Measured by a combined score from assigning specific first aid measures a score for being performed. | Baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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out of hospital cardiac arrest, first aid