Critical Care EEG Course

Ictal Group100 enrolled

Overview

Knowledge of the basic fundamental skills of electroencephalography would enable medical and nursing staffs to provide efficient and effective bedside EEG monitoring in critically ill patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of a 10-points EEG teaching program to allow bedside caregivers (medical and nursing intensive care unit staff) interpreting EEG in the critical care setting.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Electroencephalogram Intensive Care Units Teaching Intervention

Interventions

Critical Care EEG CourseOTHER

Medical and nursing staff will be given a 10-points EEG face-to-face initial training course followed by an online teaching and educational quizzes at day-1, day-15 and day-30 after initial training. A final evaluation will be performed at day-90 after beginning of the training course. 10-points EEG educational objectives : physiological rhythms, reactivity, symmetry, effects of sedation, burst suppression, paroxysmal activities, periodic / pseudoperiodic activities, rhythmic activities, artifacts, null EEG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteers among medical and nursing ICU staff of the participating ICUs Exclusion Criteria: * Experienced or trained ICU staff members to EEG interpretation (pre-test score \> 5/10)

Locations (6)

Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Ambroise Pare Hospital

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital

Clichy, France

Intensive Care Unit - Versailles Hospital

Le Chesnay, France

Medical Intensive Care Unit - Cochin Teaching Hospital

Paris, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Overall EEG interpretation

Percentage of learners with a correct answer rate.Training will be considered as efficient if more than 75% of learners are associated with a correct answer rate above 80% to EEG interpretation test at day 90 after initial training.

Time frame: at Day 90

Secondary Outcomes

Before/After Comparison

Comparison of correct answer rate between pre-test and post-tests evaluations at day 1, day 15, day 30 and day 90 after face-to-face training Analyzes will be carried out according to each of the 10-points educational goals, according to the medical or nursing staff category, according to the student's degree and according to the center and to usual way of using EEG (continuous, sequential, external provider)

Time frame: from Day 1 to Day 90 after face-to-face training

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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