NCT04013633

Lowlands Saves Lives: A Randomized Trial Comparing CPR-quality Between Face-to-face vs. Lifesaver VR Training

Lowlands Saves Lives: A Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of Face-to-face vs. Virtual Reality Training Using the Lifesaver VR-app on the Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 381 (actual)
• Sponsor: Radboud University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of the Lowlands Saves Lives trial is to compare the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) between face-to-face versus Lifesaver Virtual Reality smartphone application trained participants using a randomized controlled trial.

Detailed description

In order to optimize survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, basic life support (BLS) training of lay-person volunteers is essential. Face-to-face training has long been considered the standard, but new training-methods have emerged, of which the Lifesaver VR (developed by the UK Resuscitation Council) app seems promising. It is unknown which training method results in the highest quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Therefore, we conduct this randomized controlled trial in which subjects will be randomized to either one of the two training methods. Following the training, all participants will undergo CPR-quality testing using certified manikins and blinded assessors. The present study will be conducted during Lowlands Science, a section of the Lowlands music festival exclusively dedicated to science. Lowlands will be held on August 16-18 of 2019 and over 50.000 attendees are expected.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest
• Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lifesaver virtual reality training	CPR training using the Lifesaver virtual reality application
OTHER	Face-to-face training	Short face-to-face CPR training

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-16
• Primary completion: 2019-08-18
• Completion: 2020-08-18
• First posted: 2019-07-10
• Last updated: 2020-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands