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ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2012

Basic life support skills of high school students before and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: a longitudinal investigation.

Theresa M Meissner, Cordula Kloppe, Christoph Hanefeld

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyMulticenter Study
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Article in Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04286204 (New Information and Communication Technologies), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04286204 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

New Information and Communication Technologies (ICT´s) in Basic Life Support Training for Non-medical Students: Educational Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad de AntioquiaRan2020 to 2022Enrolled0ConditionsCardiac Arrest, Out-Of-HospitalArmsBasic Life Support training based on ICTs, Classic Basic Life Support training
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theresa M MeissnerMedizinische Klinik III, St, Elisabeth-Hospital, Bleichstr, 15, 44787 Bochum, Germany. theresa.meissner@rub.de
Cordula Kloppe
Christoph Hanefeld
St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) significantly improves survival after a sudden cardiopulmonary collapse. This study assessed the basic life support (BLS) knowledge and performance of high school students before and after CPR training.

methodsThis study included 132 teenagers (mean age 14.6 ± 1.4 years). Students completed a two-hour training course that provided theoretical background on sudden cardiac death (SCD) and a hands-on CPR tutorial. They were asked to perform BLS on a manikin to simulate an SCD scenario before the training. Afterwards, participants encountered the same scenario and completed a questionnaire for self-assessment of their pre- and post-training confidence. Four months later, we assessed the knowledge retention rate of the participants with a BLS performance score.

resultsBefore the training, 29.5% of students performed chest compressions as compared to 99.2% post-training (P < 0.05). At the four-month follow-up, 99% of students still performed correct chest compressions. The overall improvement, assessed by the BLS performance score, was also statistically significant (median of 4 and 10 pre- and post-training, respectively, P < 0.05). After the training, 99.2% stated that they felt confident about performing CPR, as compared to 26.9% (P < 0.05) before the training.

conclusionsBLS training in high school seems highly effective considering the minimal amount of previous knowledge the students possess. We observed significant improvement and a good retention rate four months after training. Increasing the number of trained students may minimize the reluctance to conduct bystander CPR and increase the number of positive outcomes after sudden cardiopulmonary collapse.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeManikinsSchoolsSelf-AssessmentStudentsAdolescentCardiopulmonary ResuscitationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart ArrestHumansMaleProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTime Factors

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