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NCT Number: NCT03773861

Group Size in Basic Life Support (BLS) Courses

Basic Life Support (BLS) is important for outcome in cardiac arrest.Therefore, it is crucial to improve the quality of education in resuscitation training. Better training will eventually lead to more effective CPR skills in course participants. BLS courses in both international resuscitation associations (European Resuscitation Council and American Heart Association are typically taught in small groups of 6 participants. In reality group sizes of up to 10 participants are used, because these courses are highly demanded and cost intensive. There is no evidence for the effective group size to be clinical and cost effective. Therefore the investigators perform this prospective study to determine the maximum number of participants an instructor can oversee without missing more than 20% of errors made during an instructional BLS session.

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Key information

Conditions

Educational Problems Resuscitation

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Active BLS- Instructors at the Bern Simulation and CPR-Center (BeSiC), at the Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Exclusion criteria

  • Decline to participate

Treatment and study plan

errors made in one BLS session

Other

BLS instructors have to oversee a standardized BLS training session, where standardized errors are made by trained volunteers.

Primary outcomes

  1. The threshold of number of course participants in a BLS educational session

    Time frame: BLS educational session 10 minutes

    How many volunteers can be overseen by one instructor who still is able to correctly identify and correct serious BLS errors of all course participants.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Determining a Threshold for the Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Group Size During Basic Life Support Courses

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Dec 12, 2018
Registry last updated
Feb 3, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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