An interventional study of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training and Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training in Global Health, Education and Resuscitation, sponsored by University of Toronto. Completed at 1 site in Rwanda. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-11-17.
Sponsored by University of Toronto · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Aim The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of the VAST Course to technical resuscitation skills training enhances healthcare providers' resuscitation performance in a resource-limited setting.
Objectives
The aims of this research will be achieved by meeting the following objectives:
New knowledge Lessons learned from this study will help inform the design and the implementation of resuscitation training programs in resource-limited settings. This has potential to improve resuscitation capacity in resource-limited settings leading to higher quality of care for patients.
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For each hospital, the intervention will be to pair a 2-day technical resuscitation skills training adapted from the ACLS/AHA and a 3-day VAST course for a multidisciplinary team of 20 participants (i.e., nurses, doctors, non-physician anesthesia providers). Participants' resuscitation skills will be tested at 4 time points: immediately before the ACLS course, immediately after the ACLS course, immediately after the VAST Course, and at 4 months post training.
Behavioral: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training · Behavioral: Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is a resuscitation course to teach recognition and treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest in patients.
The Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) Course focuses on core clinical practices and non-technical skills needed to respond to the most common urgent and emergent clinical challenges found in hospitals in resource-limited settings like Rwanda.
Time to initiation of CPR
The time it takes for the team to start chest compressions in the simulation in seconds
Time frame: From start of simulation scenario to time of first chest compressions, assessment up to 2 minutes of simulation
Time to epinephrine administration
The time it takes for the team to give epinephrine in the simulation in seconds
Time frame: From start of simulation scenario to time of first epinephrine administration, assessment up to 5 minutes of simulation
Time to defibrillation
The time it takes for the team to defibrillate in the simulation in seconds
Time frame: From start of simulation scenario to time of first defibrillation, assessment up to 5 minutes of simulation
Plan to share: No — Final results will be prepared for publication but no plan to share IPD
Ran from May 2022 to primary completion in Jul 2022, 2 months.
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