A six-year teaching life supportive first aid program to eventually generate peer trainer pupils: a prospective case control study

BMC Medical Education

Research

Christoph Krall¹  Jennifer Illibauer²  Samantha Kirk²  Julian Hind²  Berndt von Amelunxen²  Fritz Sterz³  Aurelien Noyelle⁴  Sebastian Lessing⁴  Peter M J Murphy⁴ 

[1]Center of Medical Statistics, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

[2]Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

[3]Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

[4]Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Notfallmedizin, Währinger Gürtel 18-20/6D, 1090, Wien, Austria

[5]Vienna International School, Wien, Austria

关键词: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;    Learning;    Schools;    Teaching;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-023-04476-x

 received in 2022-08-20, accepted in 2023-06-24,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOut of hospital cardiac arrest is a life-threatening condition. To improve the chances of survival, lay-person cardio-pulmonary-resuscitation (CPR) is a crucial factor. Many bystanders fail to react appropriately, even if life supporting first aid (LSFA) programs and campaigns including CPR tried to increase the handling of basic cardiac life support. To achieve an enhanced learning of CPR a pupil’s grade after grade teaching program was established in a school with medical students.MethodsThe learning of CPR was investigated in a prospective, case-controlled study at an international school. Pupils (12 ± 3 years old) joining our LSFA courses (n = 538, female: 243, attendance for evaluation: 476) were compared to a control group (n = 129, female: 52, attendance for evaluation: 102). Surveys and quality of CPR (QCPR%) through a computer linked “Resusci Anne” dummy were compared with Chi-squared tests, t-tests pair wisely, and by one-way ANOVA.ResultsKnowledge and skills on the “Resusci Anne” were significantly better in trained grade 9 pupils compared to the control group (QCPR, 59 vs. 25%). The number of LSFA courses each grade 9 student had, correlated with improved practical performance (r2 = 0.21, p < 0.001). The willingness to deliver CPR to strangers increased with improved practical performance. Attitudes towards performing CPR were high in all participating grades.ConclusionRepetitive teaching LSFA to grade 5–9 pupil’s grade after grade by medical students has been successfully established. Pupils who finish the program will eventually be able to teach LSFA to younger students. This is furthermore a good way of sharing a “learning by teaching” role and it enables to have more pupils as trainers who can provide instruction to a larger number of pupils with the purpose of having a better-trained population in LSFA.

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