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

N/AWithdrawnNCT02391922

University of Tromso

Overview

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

Conditions

Injury

Interventions

First aid courseBEHAVIORAL

First aid instructions by mobile phoneBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Students in high school/college Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

University of Tromso

Tromsø, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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