Education in adult basic life support training programs

The Effectiveness of Ultrabrief and Brief Educational Videos for Training Lay Responders in Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

“…For the immediate testing groups, all 3 experimental groups (UBV median, 96/min; PϽ0.0001; rϭ0. 43 32) had significantly higher median compression rates per minute than the C-group. For the compression rate criterion, there were no significant differences among the UBV-, BV-, or BVP-groups for both testing time frames.…”

“…16,19,20,26 -30 In addition to these factors, there are obstacles to attending traditional CPR classes, including issues related to the time and cost involved as well as to avoidance of testing situations. 31,32 In an attempt to address the barriers to learning CPR, the AHA has produced the CPR Anytime kit, featuring a 22-minute instruction video to be watched at the viewer's convenience. Lynch et al 29 demonstrated that the 22-minute video selfinstruction program was as effective in training subjects as a 4-hour course.…”

Education in Resuscitation

“…Established adult educational principles that encourage simplification should be adopted in resuscitation training. 7 The result should achieve a measurable change in a potential rescuer's behavior. Although this requires a cognitive element, demonstration of satisfactory performance must be the principal indication of success.…”

Hospital employees’ theoretical knowledge on what to do in an in-hospital cardiac arrest

“…Studies have investigated and compared different ways of teaching CPR with the aim to find a gold standard, maximising the best retention of knowledge [4][5][6]. Some studies have also suggested that too much emphasis is placed upon verbal information and too little on practical skills during training [5,7,8].…”