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| Name | Class |
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| University of Rwanda | OTHER |
| ANZCA Health Equity Project | UNKNOWN |
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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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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| ACLS and then VAST teaching intervention | Experimental | 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. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training | Behavioral | Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is a resuscitation course to teach recognition and treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest in patients. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time to initiation of CPR | The time it takes for the team to start chest compressions in the simulation in seconds | From start of simulation scenario to time of first chest compressions, assessment up to 2 minutes of simulation |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time to epinephrine administration | The time it takes for the team to give epinephrine in the simulation in seconds | From start of simulation scenario to time of first epinephrine administration, assessment up to 5 minutes of simulation |
| Time to defibrillation |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Teresa Skelton, MD, FRCPC | University of Toronto | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Rwanda | Kigali | Rwanda |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 37363124 | Derived | Tuyishime E, Mossenson A, Livingston P, Irakoze A, Seneza C, Ndekezi JK, Skelton T. Resuscitation team training in Rwanda: A mixed method study exploring the combination of the VAST course with Advanced Cardiac Life Support training. Resusc Plus. 2023 Jun 16;15:100415. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100415. eCollection 2023 Sep. |
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Final results will be prepared for publication but no plan to share IPD
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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.
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| Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training | Behavioral | 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. |
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The time it takes for the team to defibrillate in the simulation in seconds |
| From start of simulation scenario to time of first defibrillation, assessment up to 5 minutes of simulation |