High school basic life support training

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although basic life support (BLS) has been taught in school by a variety of professionals, it is still unclear that, whether the instructor's previous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) experience is an important factor. This study aimed to compare the effect of BLS training, based on trainer experience in actual situations, on knowledge and skills of secondary high school students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this randomized controlled trial, 150 high school students were selected based on the inclusion criteria and then assigned into two groups, (76 in Group A), and (74 in Group B) randomly. Both groups were trained according to adult BLS: 2020 American Heart Association guidelines on mannequins in three 60 min in-person training sessions. The knowledge and skill scores were measured for both groups before, immediately, and 1 month after intervention by a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software version 22, using Chi-square, Mann–Whitney U, repeated-measure ANOVA tests, and statistically modeling at a significance level of 0.05. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between groups regarding demographic characteristics. The knowledge and skill scores in both groups increased significantly compared to baseline immediately and 1 month after the intervention (P = 0.001). However, there was no significant difference in knowledge scores between groups (P = 0.076(. However, at the immediacy and 1 month after the intervention, the skill score in “Group A” was significantly higher than the “Group B” (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The trainer's experience of CPR in the actual setting in the transfer of BLS knowledge is not important, but it improved Student's BSL skill acquisition score.

Effectiveness of Basic Life Support Training Program for Knowledge and Skills of Primary School Teachers: A Quasi-experimental Study

“…7 Training of BLS in primary schools enables an opportunity to access nearly all future populations from an early age 8 and nurses are ideal people to provide BLS training in schools. 9,10 Among healthcare providers, nurses play an important role in mediating between health and education by strategically intervening to provide BLS education. 11 While a large amount of research has focused on enhancing the knowledge and skills in BLS among primary school students, 12,13,14 less priority is placed on primary school teachers who can help to raise awareness of BLS in their school community.…”

The dramatic increase in sudden cardiac deaths and the alarming low survival: A global call to action to improve outcome with the engagement of tertiary education system

“…In the USA, the American Heart Association has advocated compulsory resuscitation training in American schools since 2011. [ 38 ] Today, in the face of more than 350,000 people suffering an OHCA, 38 states and Washington D.C. have passed laws or adopted curriculum changes requiring hands-on, guideline-based CPR training for high school graduation. [ 39 ] High school pupils are currently the largest group of individuals in the US receiving CPR training every year.…”

“…[ 46 ] This could be easily obtained by educating pupils beginning at the age of 12 years and for just two hours per year. [ 38 42 47 48 ] For the ERC, pupils and teachers are essential “multipliers” in private and public settings. Thus, in the longer term, the proportion of trained individuals in society will markedly increase, leading to an increase in the overall rate of lay resuscitation.…”