Circ Cardiovasc Qual
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Circ Cardiovasc Qual · Nov 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Pragmatic Clinical TrialVideo-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education for High-Risk Families Before Hospital Discharge: A Multicenter Pragmatic Trial.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training rates in the United States are low, highlighting the need to develop CPR educational approaches that are simpler, with broader dissemination potential. The minimum training required to ensure long-term skill retention remains poorly characterized. We compared CPR skill retention among laypersons randomized to training with video-only (VO; no manikin) with those trained with a video self-instruction kit (VSI; with manikin). We hypothesized that VO training would be noninferior to the VSI approach with respect to chest compression (CC) rate. ⋯ URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01514656.