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Teaching resuscitation in schools: annual tuition by trained teachers is effective starting at age 10. A four-year prospective cohort study

Autor(en)
Bohn, A. ; Van Aken, H. K. ; Moellhoff, T. ; Wienzek, H. ; Kimmeyer, P. ; Wild, Elke ; Doepker, S. ; Lukas, R. P. ; Weber, T. P.
Normierter Zeitschriftentitel
Resuscitation 
DOI
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.020
ISSN
0300-9572
PubMed-ID
22286049
URL
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2510021
Web of Science-ID
000304323700029

Weitere Details

Sprache
englisch
Darstellungsform
Text
Band
83
Ausgabe
5
Seitenbereich
619 - 625
Schlagwörter
Basic life support , CPR quality , Cardiac arrest , Education , First aid , Resuscitation

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. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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