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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
University of Tromso
Tromsø, Norway
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.
Time frame: 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.
Time frame: Baseline
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