Which factors predict candidate outcome in advanced life support courses? A preliminary observational study

Purpose To identify factors associated with candidate outcome in the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) advanced life support (ALS) provider courses. Methods Medical doctors participating as candidates to consecutive ALS courses organised by an ERC training centre in Italy were enrolled in this pr...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 2010-09, Vol.36 (9), p.1521-1525
Main Authors: Sandroni, Claudio, Gonnella, Gian Luigi, de Waure, Chiara, Cavallaro, Fabio, Torre, Giuseppe La, Antonelli, Massimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Advanced Cardiac Life Support - education
Age Factors
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Candidates
Cardiac arrest
Certification
Clinical Competence
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Councils
Critical Care Medicine
Education, Medical, Continuing - organization & administration
Educational Measurement - methods
Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care
Emergency Medicine
Europe
Female
Gender
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Intensive
Intensive care
Intensive care medicine
Investigations
Life support systems (Critical care)
Male
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Observational studies
Original
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Pain Medicine
Pediatrics
Pneumology/Respiratory System
Prospective Studies
Regression analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Statistical analysis
Success
Training
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Summary:Purpose To identify factors associated with candidate outcome in the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) advanced life support (ALS) provider courses. Methods Medical doctors participating as candidates to consecutive ALS courses organised by an ERC training centre in Italy were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. The association between the ALS course outcome and candidate demographics, professional background and pre-course knowledge measured by using the pre-course multiple choice quiz (MCQ) was investigated by using logistic regression. Results A total of 283 candidates, median age 31 years, were evaluated. Among them, 269 (95.1%) passed the final evaluation and 14 (4.9%) failed. Candidates who passed were younger (median age 31 vs. 37.5 years; p  = 0.006) and attained a higher pre-course MCQ score (median 84 vs. 72.5%; p  
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s00134-010-1926-1