NCT00954161

Bystander Helping Behaviour for Myocardial Infarction Following First Aid Training

Bystander Helping Behaviour for Acute Myocardial Infarction Following a First Aid Training Programme That Draws Attention to the Barriers to Providing Help - Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 144 (actual)
• Sponsor: KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies.

Detailed description

A systematic review on the effects of first aid training concluded that training must also include ways to overcome obstacles to bystander intervention. This could lead to better help and higher helping rates in medical emergencies. The objective of this paper is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies. We chose to test the helping behaviour for acute myocardial infarction because it is an important cause of mortality and invalidity. While the victim is urgently in need of help, delay in seeking professional help is an important problem.

Conditions

• Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Helping behaviour curriculum	The objective of the helping behaviour curriculum is to sensitise participants to develop a helping reaction, and to teach participants how to deal with barriers to helping. The helping behaviour curriculum is being taught in 2hours.
OTHER	First aid only curriculum	Two hours training on first aid for alcohol and drug incidents

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2009-08-07
• Last updated: 2011-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium