Seizure Rescue Medication: Caregiver Education in a Simulation Setting

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Conditions studied: Status Epilepticus

In brief

1\. Design an educational quality improvement program to assess the most effective educational approach on caregiver seizure RM application. The investigators hypothesize that this educational program will improve caregiver comfort, knowledge of emergent seizure care, and time to medication application. Specifically, the aims include: 1. Create an educational video reviewing RM administration 2. Develop and validate a simulation training model/mannequin for rectal diazepam administration 3. Expand training to other seizure RMs (e.g. intranasal midazolam, buccal lorazepam) and transition the most effective educational model back to the clinics/bedside to standardize caregiver teaching throughout the department/hospital

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03562351

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

17

Starts

2018-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-17

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-04

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult caregivers of patients with epilepsy followed at BCH with the following:
• At least one seizure >5 minutes
• Prescription for rectal diazepam rescue medication
• Admission for seizure/neurologic problem or neurology/epilepsy clinic visit during the enrollment period
• Adult caregivers of patients without epilepsy

You may not qualify if…

• Adult caregivers of epilepsy patients without a rectal diazepam prescription
• Non-English-speaking caregivers

Where it is running

• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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