Clinical trial NCT03586752: CPR Education: Traditional Program Versus On-line Program
Official title: "iGOGO-Automated External Defibrillator Donation "Continuing Education Project
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Keywords: HQCPR between standard and on-line program
Education
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-16
Enrollment: 832
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is an important public health issue. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a university affiliated medical center in Taoyuan city, northern Taiwan, actively cooperated with the government policy to donate a total of 250 automated external defibrillators (AED) and to deploy them in public areas during the period of 2012 to 2014. In addition, nearly 200 courses of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education for healthcare providers and citizens were provided.

In order to keep the skills and the abilities of emergency medical responses in these 200 and more AED recipient areas, repeated CPR education and training should be implemented. Quality assurance and regular follow-up by medical directors with professional advice and feedback can therefore be provided at the same time. Therefore, this project aims to assess the quality of emergency responses in the recipient units in the next four years via regular follow-up by medical directors with advice and feedback. Continuing medical education of both e-learning and classes, online registration system, as well as first aid supplies will be provided at the regular follow-up visits. The results of this project will provide a feasible model of quality assurance of first aid and AED implementation program in the community.

Detailed description: The core value of the investigation is to provide high quality, convenient, time-saving, and cost-effective CPR training model. The training proctors will either instruct laypersons or healthcare providers to watch on-line video for 18 minutes at home then practice the skills for 30 minutes in the training scene or provide standard CPR program (90 minutes in the scene) and empower them with the life-saving skills of CPR. The American Heart Association's CPR with a DVD and laerdal QCPR manikin will be used to record. Participants will be randomly allocate into either the on-line or standard method of the training program. To assess the effects of training, the participants will receive written examinations before and after the course. The investigators will also follow up with the study participants and conduct CPR skills tests at 6 and 12 months from the time of training to assess whether the subjects retain their skills or if they have an opportunity to use the skills that they learned. Information about the willing of performing CPR and satisfaction to the training will also be collected.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults aged 20 and over
* Adults who have not attended CPR training for at least one year prior to enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

* unable to kneel to practice CPR
* pregnant
* unwilling to sign informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Written test for knowledge about CPR
timeFrame: 4 days
measure: CPR flow checklist
timeFrame: 4 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The percentage of correct depth of all compressions
timeFrame: 90 minutes
measure: The percentage of correct speed of compressions of all compressions
timeFrame: 90 minutes
measure: The percentage of correct recoil of all compressions
timeFrame: 90 minutes
measure: The average compression depth
timeFrame: 90 minutes
measure: The average compression speed
timeFrame: 90 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taoyuan
country: Taiwan
facility: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
name: Cheng-Yu Chien, Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Chien CY, Fang SY, Tsai LH, Tsai SL, Chen CB, Seak CJ, Weng YM, Lin CC, Chien WC, Huang CH, Lin CY, Chaou CH, Liu PH, Tseng HJ, Chen JC, Peng SY, Cheng TH, Hsu KH, Ng CJ. Traditional versus blended CPR training program: A randomized controlled non-inferiority study. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 22;10(1):10032. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67193-1.