Electronic Advanced Life Support (e-ALS) training evaluation

ISRCTN	ISRCTN86380392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN86380392
Protocol serial number	6.0
Sponsor	Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Funder	Resuscitation Council (UK)

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Dr Gavin Perkins
Scientific

Warwick Medical School
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

Email	g.d.perkins@warwick.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Open-label randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Electronic Advanced Life Support (e-ALS) training evaluation: an open-label randomised controlled trial
Study acronym	e-ALS study
Study objectives	In healthcare providers seeking advanced life support training, a 1 day face to face Advanced Life Support (ALS) course supplemented by e-learning material is equivalent to the 2 day face to face conventional ALS course with respect to the course learning outcomes
Ethics approval(s)	West Midlands Research Ethics Committee, approved on 24/07/2008 (ref: 2008027resus)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
Intervention	Seven hours of distance e-learning prior to attending a 1-day face to face training course vs 2 day face to face conventional ALS course.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Performance during initial cardiac arrest scenario test conducted at the end of the course.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Overall pass rate 2. Multiple choice questions score 3. Airway pass rate 4. Initial assessment and resuscitation pass rate 5. CASTest score 6. Candidate evaluation
Completion date	01/06/2010

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	2762
Key inclusion criteria	Healthcare providers planning to undertake a Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Course.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Unable or unwilling to accept random allocation to e-ALS or conventional ALS training 2. Refusal of consent
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2009
Date of final enrolment	01/06/2010

Warwick Medical School

Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	03/07/2012		Yes	No