Can Adherence to PALS Guidelines be Improved by Team Training of Pediatric Resuscitation Members?

N/ACompletedNCT02075645

University of Calgary300 enrolled

Overview

A multi-centre prospective cohort study, which examines the effect of a team training educational intervention for pediatric resuscitation team members. The study uses simulation-based training as the primary teaching method to evaluate the effect of team training on team performance, as measured by adherence to PALS guidelines. By re-testing participants again after 6-12 months, the study will examine long-term retention of these skills. Hypothesis: adherence to PALS guidelines is improved following team training of pediatric resuscitation team members.

A multi-centre prospective cohort study, which examines the effect of a team training educational intervention for pediatric resuscitation team members. The study uses simulation-based training as the primary teaching method to evaluate the effect of team training on team performance, as measured by adherence to PALS guidelines. By re-testing participants again after 6-12 months, the study will examine long-term retention of these skills. The investigator anticipates sustained, improved team performance after team training. If this proves to be true, the long-term goal is to disseminate this training widely across Canada, in order to benefit all paediatric resuscitation teams, and ultimately their patients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

300

Conditions

Crisis Resource Management

Interventions

Team training courseOTHER

A 1-day simulation-based team-training course. There will be 4 simulated resuscitation events. Simulation #1 will be the "pre-course" team performance and simulation #4 will be the "post-course" performance.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Code Blue certified RN \& RRT * Pediatric Residents * Teams must consists of Interprofessional (Resident MD, RN, RRT) resuscitation team members. * Team composition will reflect actual resuscitation team composition at each site, which will vary slightly from site to site. Exclusion Criteria: * Fellows * Attendings * Non Code Blue certified staff

Locations (1)

Alberta Children's Hospital

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Adherence to PALS guidelines, as measured by the Clinical Performance Tool (CPT) by Donoghue et al

Time frame: up to 3.5 years

Secondary Outcomes

Long-term effect of training on adherence to PALS guidelines (as measured by the CPT) & teamwork performance (as measured by the CTS) at 6-12 months post-training.

Time frame: up to 3.5 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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