Abstract
Aims
Evaluation of school pupils’ resuscitation performance after different types of training
relative to the effects of training frequency (annually vs. biannually), starting
age (10 vs. 13 years) and facilitator (emergency physician vs. teacher).
Methods
Prospective longitudinal study investigating 433 pupils in training and control groups.
Outcome criteria were chest compression depth, compression frequency, ventilation
volume, ventilation frequency, self-image and theoretical knowledge. In the training
groups, 251 pupils received training annually or biannually either from emergency
physicians or CPR-trained teachers. The control group without any training consisted
of 182 pupils.
Results
Improvements in training vs. control groups were observed in chest compression depth
(38 vs. 24 mm), compression frequency (74 vs. 42 min−1), ventilation volume (734 ml vs. 21 ml) and ventilation frequency (9/min vs. 0/min). Numbers of correct answers in a written
test improved by 20%, vs. 5% in the control group. Pupils starting at age 10 showed
practical skills equivalent to those starting at age 13. Theoretical knowledge was
better in older pupils. Self-confidence grew in the training groups. Neither more
frequent training nor training by emergency physicians led to better performance among
the pupils.
Conclusions
Pupils starting at age 10 are able to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation with one
annual training course only. After a 60-min CPR-training update, teachers are able
to provide courses successfully. Early training reduces anxieties about making mistakes
and markedly increases participants’ willingness to help. Courses almost doubled the
confidence of pupils that what they had learned would enable them to save lives.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: January 30, 2012
Accepted:
January 12,
2012
Received in revised form:
January 9,
2012
Received:
September 6,
2011
Footnotes
☆A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.020.
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© 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
