NCT04493970

HS Students Mandatory Universal Student Instruction in CPR Appraised Learning- Is the Mandate Working?

Assessment of Factors Impacting High School Students Mandatory Universal Student Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Appraised Learning- Is the Mandate Working? (The High School MUSICAL Study)

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Research Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will help to provide better input to state health and education departments to improve the processes for CPR education. This will also help the EP council explore the opportunities to partner with other professional societies and other stake holders that have interest in this topic. Engagement of private-public partnerships for improving overall CPR education.

Detailed description

Schools should incorporate CPR education programs in the schools that will increase the knowledge, skills and awareness among high school children. It is important to note that, CPR training of young children, increases the self confidence, esteem, responsibility and contribution to their community.Moreover, it is clearly shown that, high school children has the required physical strength, maturity and positive attitude towards performing CPR in family members, friends and strangers in the community. Although some studies suggest benefit of periodic retraining, few studies have attempted to collectively identify contributing factors to comprehension.It is an attempt to identify national distribution of training efforts and factors implicated in comprehension among high school students.

Conditions

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High School Students Survey	To assess retention, effectiveness and factors impacting comprehension of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training among high school students.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-26
• Primary completion: 2024-10-01
• Completion: 2024-10-01
• First posted: 2020-07-30
• Last updated: 2024-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States