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

Sponsor

University of Tromso (Other)

Overall Status

Withdrawn

CT.gov ID

NCT02391922

Collaborator

Norway: Helgeland Hospital (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Injury	Behavioral: First aid course Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

0 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Factorial Assignment

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Bedre førstehjelp Med førstehjelpstrening og AMK-veiledning?

Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 2014

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2016

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: No first aid course, No dipatch instruction 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 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
Active Comparator: First aid course, dispatch instructions 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 Behavioral: First aid instructions by mobile phone
Active Comparator: No first aid course, dispatch instructions 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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

First aid performance after first aid course [4-5 months]
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.
First aid performance during first aid instructions by phone [Baseline]
First aid performance. Measured by a combined score from assigning specific first aid measures a score for being performed.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Students in high school/college

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Tromso	Tromsø		Norway	9037

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Tromso
Norway: Helgeland Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

University of Tromso

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02391922

Other Study ID Numbers:

2014/1844(REK)

First Posted:

Mar 18, 2015

Last Update Posted:

May 8, 2017

Last Verified:

May 1, 2017

Keywords provided by University of Tromso

out of hospital cardiac arrest

first aid

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 8, 2017