Current knowledge of and willingness to perform Hands-Only™ CPR in laypersons

Urban, Jennifer; Thode, Henry C.; Stapleton, Edward R.; Singer, Adam J.

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.04.014

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“…The willingness, frequency and quality of first aid provision is low worldwide but can be increased with effective training. [1][2][3] After being alerted to a situation where first aid is required, the emergency call dispatcher can encourage bystanders to act on their prior knowledge. 4 Sometimes children are the first people to the scene of an emergency situation.…”

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‘The year of first aid’: effectiveness of a 3-day first aid programme for 7-14-year-old primary school children

et al. 2017

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Aim of the studyBystanders can play an important role in the event of sudden injury or illness. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of a 3-day first aid course for all primary school age groups (7–14 years old).Methods582 school children were involved in the study. Training consisted of three sessions with transfer of theoretical knowledge and practical skills about first aid. The following most urgent situations were addressed in our study: adult basic life support (BLS), using an automated external defibrillator (AED), handling an unconscious patient, managing bleeding and calling the ambulance. Data collection was made with a questionnaire developed for the study and observation. Students were tested before, immediately after and 4 months after training. Results were considered significant in case of p<0.05.ResultsPrior to training there was a low level of knowledge and skills on BLS, management of the unconscious patient, use of an AED and management of bleeding. Knowledge and skills improved significantly in all of these categories (p<0.01) and remained significantly higher than the pre-test level at 4 months after training (p<0.01). Younger children overall performed less well than older children, but significantly improved over the pre-test level both immediately and 4 months after training (p<0.01). Prior first aid training was associated with knowledge of the correct ambulance number (p=0.015) and management of bleeding (p=0.041). Prior to training, age was associated with pre-test knowledge and skills of all topics (p<0.01); after training, it was only associated with AED use (p<0.001). There was a significant correlation between the depth of chest compression and children’s age, weight, height and body mass index (p<0.001). Ventilation depended on the same factors (p<0.001).ConclusionChildren aged 7–14 years are able to perform basic life-saving skills. Knowledge retention after 4 months is good for skills, but thinking in algorithms is difficult for these children.

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‘The year of first aid’: effectiveness of a 3-day first aid programme for 7-14-year-old primary school children

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“…1 In a 2013 USA survey it was shown that only 20% of laypeople knew about hands-only CPR, while 75% would be willing to perform it. 2 More specifically in Belgium, a population-based survey in 2011 showed that only 39% of the participants would start resuscitating in case a casualty would collapse, and less than 50% of the participants knew what the function of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) was. 3 Therefore, wider dissemination of first aid training might effectively increase the proportion of bystanders likely to perform first aid.…”

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Evidence-based educational pathway for the integration of first aid training in school curricula

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Remoortel²,

Dieltjens³

et al. 2015

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“…Bystander CPR improves the response of the heart to defibrillation 233 and can double or triple survival to hospital discharge and improve neurological outcome. [234][235][236][237][238][239][240] However, only 4% of the US population has received any CPR training, 241 and of the 15-20% of OHCA, only 20-30% receive bystander CPR or defibrillation [242][243][244][245] CPR training has been supported by the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross for decades, but CPR courses are an inefficient and expensive method to train large numbers of responders, with rural areas and communities with high proportion of Hispanic and African-American residents particularly difficult to reach. Alternative methods to provide training to all members of society include school-based training, or as a prerequisite for civil activity such as obtaining a driver's license.…”

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Sudden cardiac death in the young

2017

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

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Although the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare event, it is traumatic and often widely publicized. In recent years, SCD in this population has been increasingly seen as a public health and safety issue. This review presents current knowledge relevant to the epidemiology of SCD and to strategies for prevention, resuscitation and identification of those at greatest risk. Areas of active research and controversy include the development of best practices in screening, risk stratification approaches and post-mortem evaluation, and identification of modifiable barriers to providing better outcomes after resuscitation of young SCD victims. Institution of a national registry of SCD in the young will provide data that will help to answer these questions.

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Current knowledge of and willingness to perform Hands-Only™ CPR in laypersons

Cited by 64 publications

References 23 publications

‘The year of first aid’: effectiveness of a 3-day first aid programme for 7-14-year-old primary school children

‘The year of first aid’: effectiveness of a 3-day first aid programme for 7-14-year-old primary school children

Evidence-based educational pathway for the integration of first aid training in school curricula

Sudden cardiac death in the young

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