Ventilation Knowledge and Skills Retention Using a Novel Tool, the Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR) Device as an Instant-feedback Tool

Summary

Babies born not breathing at birth require effective gentle ventilation to survive and avert organ damage if initial resuscitation steps such as drying, and stimulation are unsuccessful at facilitating breathing. Training of health workers to impart skills on ventilation is a way to prevent these adverse outcomes. Effective ventilation skills are typically acquired through training programs such as Helping Babies Breath (HBB). However, these ventilation skills quickly decay following training and current skills retention methods such as refresher courses are costly and there is a paucity of skilled human resources to effectively facilitate frequent HBB training courses. This raises the need to explore approaches that are independent of retraining for skills maintenance.

The investigators hypothesize that simulation enhanced HBB training followed by self-administered ventilation practice (SAVP) sessions with the Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR) as an electronic coach will result into ventilation skills retention over 12 months. SAVP allows participants to maintain practice and training to enhance skills retention.

Conditions

• Ventilation Skills Acquisition and Retention
• Ventilation Knowledge Acquisition and Retention

Interventions

OTHER

Simulation enhanced HBB training

Simulation enhanced HBB is a one-day course delivered using a format of Explain, Demonstrate and Facilitate practice. Compared to the standard HBB training, the simulation enhanced HBB course is designed with increased peer-to-peer feedback and scripted expert facilitator feedback at HBB practice exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Calgary

  collaborator OTHER

• The ELMA Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Laerdal Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• International Development Research Centre, Canada

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Mbarara University of Science and Technology

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Data Santorino, MD · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-10-01

Primary Completion

2022-12-30

Completion

2023-12-30