Basic life support education: the impact of lecture-demonstration in undergraduate  students of health sciences

Background: Cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) is a severe public health problem and a leading cause of death worldwide. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), basic life support (BLS) is the bedrock for improving people's survival after a cardiac arrest, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial. Through scientific evidence, empowering health professionals focuses on education in resuscitation is vital to identify and attend a CPA victim. In Brazil, there is a lack of data that evaluates the BLS knowledge of health science students. This study analyzed the knowledge retention of medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy students after one year of having a lecture-demonstration on BLS. Method: Longitudinal study. Undergraduate students of health science participated in the data collection and answered a questionnaire based on BLS following AHA guidelines. Data were collected during two consecutive years, in three different moments (an assessment, a test after a lecture, and an assessment test one year later). Results: The group improved its score after the class on BLS; the number of correct answers doubled (p <0.001); however, one year later, that score decreased significantly (p <0.001). Conclusion: No retention of knowledge in health sciences students after a year of a lecture-demonstration on BLS.

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Learning Assessment from a Lecture about Fundamentals on Basic Life Support among Undergraduate Students of Health Sciences

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare8040379 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 379

Author(s):

Luis Fernando Barbosa Tavares ◽

Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo ◽

Claudio Leone ◽

Cyntia Souza Carvalho Castanha ◽

Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

Heart Association ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Study Data ◽

Health Science ◽

Learning Assessment ◽

Initial Learning ◽

Post Test

Introduction: Cardiac arrest is one of the leading public health problems worldwide and in Brazil. A victim of cardiorespiratory arrest needs prompt basic life support (BLS) to increase survival. Objective: To evaluate the performance of a synthesis lecture on BLS given to university students in Health Sciences. Methods: A total of 422 undergraduate students in Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine participated in this study. Data were collected by applying a pre-test through a BLS questionnaire based on the American Heart Association guidelines. Results: Students obtained a minimum grade of 40% of the pre-test questions. The score increased to 75% in the post-test; the students with the best performance in the pre-test maintained a higher total number of correct answers in the post-test. There was also better performance in those with previous training in BLS. The students from the first year of medical school were the ones who benefited the most from the lecture. Conclusion: Regardless of the grade course, the Health Science students showed a significant improvement in their level of knowledge after attending the synthesis lecture, indicating its adequacy to promote initial learning about BLS.

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KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN OBJECTIVE TESTS ON BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

Journal of Human Growth and Development ◽

10.7322/jhgd.106002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 297 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Luis Fernando Barbosa Tavares ◽

Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra ◽

Fernando Rocha Oliveira ◽

Luiz Vinícius De Alcantara Sousa ◽

Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Heart Association ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Training Course ◽

Objective Tests ◽

Previous Training

Introduction: Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a serious public health problem and represents one of the leading causes of death in the world. In emergency situations the assessment of the victim and care must be effective, to reduce negative outcomes and to increase the survival rate. Objective: To analyze graduation students in the Health Sciences through objective testing on Basic Life Support (BLS). Methods: This is a descriptive, observational and cross sectional study, performed in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The study population consisted of 664 graduation students in Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Nutrition and Occupational Therapy. Data collection occurred through an instrument in the form of objective tests based on the guidelines for Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association. For analysis the Shapiro-Wilk, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. The adopted confidence level was 95%. The statistical program used was Stata 11.0. Result: There was found to be a prevalence of students who were female (82.23%), single (77.56%), on the physiotherapy course (53.16%), in the freshmen year (32.2%) with previous training (54.45%) and with a median age of 22 years old. When the association between the scores was analyzed according to sex, marital status, previous training, course and year of study, the relation between the number of correct answers and previous training, course and year of study showed statistically significant differences (p < 0.001). Conclusion: 99.9% of subjects had lower score than the minimum score of 84% of Americam Heart Association, which characterizes insufficient knowledge about the basic support of life theme. Thus, there is need for continued training of health sciences students on the subject, at the undergraduate level.

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Impact of a Training Intervention for Usein Emergency Situations on Knowledge and Skills Acquisition by Undergraduate Students

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v8i5.4616 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Silmara Meneguin ◽

Camila Fernandes Pollo ◽

Miriane Garuzi ◽

Helio Amante Miot

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

Training Intervention ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Emergency Situations ◽

Before And After ◽

Post Test ◽

The Mean ◽

The Impact

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an intervention aimed at the enhancing of undergraduate students in emergency situations and to identify the factors related to the acquisition of participants’ knowledge and skills. This was an intervention study using a convenience sample of 424 students from different campuses of a public university in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil. Theoretical learning was assessed using pre-test and post-test multiple-choice questions, and skills in basic life support were assessed via simulation using a mannequin, immediate feedback devices and a checklist. The mean knowledge score attained was 15.1 (SD±3.50) on the pre-test and20.9 (SD±3.20) on the post-test (p< 0.001). Regarding basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, the mean scores before and after the training were 36.3(SD=±5.3) and178 (SD± 28.3) respectively (p< 0.001). Age was associated with an increase in knowledge and skills’ score when comparing before and after training scores (p=0.0000). The practical basic life support training intervention received an assessment of 75.4%from students of all areas. The training intervention contributed to improvement in both knowledge of care in emergency situations and basic life support skills. Age was the only factor that independently influenced the development of learning and psychomotor skills.

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Incentives to Open Access: Perspectives of Health Science Researchers

Publications ◽

10.3390/publications8020029 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

Carmen López-Vergara ◽

Pilar Flores Asenjo ◽

Alfonso Rosa-García

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Technological Development ◽

Scientific Publication ◽

Economic Incentive ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Open Access Journal ◽

Health Science ◽

Open Access Publication ◽

Open Access Journals ◽

The Impact

Technological development has transformed academic publication over the past two decades and new publication models, especially Open Access, have captured an important part of the publishing market, traditionally dominated by the Subscription publication model. Although Health Sciences have been one of the leading fields promoting Open Access, the perspectives of Health Science researchers on the benefits and possibilities of Open Access remain an open question. The present study sought to unveil the perspective of researchers on scientific publication decisions, in terms of the Subscription and Open Access publication model, Gold Road. With this aim, we surveyed Spanish researchers in Health Sciences. Our findings show that the value of publishing in Open Access journals increases as the experience of the researcher increases and the less she/he values the impact factor. Moreover, visibility and dissemination of the results are the main determinants of publication when choosing an Open Access journal as the first option. According to the response of the researchers, the reduction of fees and the increase in financing are important economic incentive measures to promote the Open Access publication model. It is widely accepted that the volume of Open Access publications will increase in the future.

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Basic life support awareness level among medical students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Emergency Medicine ◽

10.18502/fem.v6i1.7673 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ebraheem Albazee ◽

Mohammad Alnifise ◽

Lina Almahmoud ◽

Ahmed Alsaeedi ◽

Mohammed Al-balawi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

Cardiopulmonary Arrest ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Grade Point ◽

Validated Questionnaire ◽

Awareness Level

Objective: Performing basic life support (BLS) in patients with cardiopulmonary arrest decreases mortality and morbidity. In addition, BLS knowledge is a prerequisite for medical graduation. The present study was conducted to determine the awareness level of undergraduate medical students in Jordan regarding BLS and background knowledge. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between 17 April 2021 and 12 May 2021. A validated questionnaire was used as an online Google form and was posted in all medical student groups and Jordanian universities through various social medias. We categorized level of awareness into two groups: adequate awareness for those who got 60% or more, and inadequate awareness for those who got less than 60% in BLS test. Chi-square test was used to compare different variables. Results: A total of 886 students with a mean age of 21.5 (± 2.2) years completed the survey, including 552 females (62.3%). Among participated students, only 281 (31.7%) had adequate awareness, whereas 605 (68.3%) had inadequate awareness, with a mean score of 10 (± 3.8) out of 20. Surprisingly, there was no statistically significant correlation (P=0.210) between grade point average (GPA) and awareness level among participated students. On the contrary, we detected statistically significant relationships (P<0.001) between various variables and awareness level. Conclusion: Overall, we found that awareness of BLS among medical students in Jordan is not adequate. We can improve the awareness of medical students in this regard through obligating them to educate the general population, especially school students, as a volunteer campaign.

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Retenção da aprendizagem após treinamento em Suporte Básico de Vida com uso de simulação de baixa fidelidade em uma unidade hospitalar odontológica

Scientia Medica ◽

10.15448/1980-6108.2018.1.29410 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 29410

Author(s):

Marcelo Nunes de Lima ◽

Fernanda Drummond Ruas Gaspar ◽

Túlio Gomes da Silva Mauro ◽

Márcia Apoliano Mesquita Arruda ◽

Gardênia da Silva Abbad

Keyword(s):

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

University Hospital ◽

Theoretical Knowledge ◽

Learning Retention ◽

Or Practice ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Research Interviews ◽

One Year

AIMS: To evaluate the learning retention of participants of a Basic Life Support course in a dental unit of a university hospital.METHODS: This study combined quantitative and qualitative methods in a quasi-experimental design, in which the same subjects were compared before and at two moments after an intervention, which consisted of a training course in Basic Life Support. The participants were employees of the Oral Health Unit of the University Hospital of Brasília. Three evaluations were performed: pre-test, post-test and late post-test, in order to assess participants' learning retention. In a second stage of the research, interviews were conducted with the participants approved in the retention learning test.RESULTS: At all, 66 professionals participated in the course and carried out the theoretical pre-test and the theoretical and practical post-test. One year and five months after the course, 10 participants were submitted to the late post-test, also theoretical and practical. Regarding the theoretical knowledge, the mean was 6.3±2.31 points in the pre-test, 8.3±1.25 points in the post-test and 5.1±1.44 points in the late post-test. Late post-test results revealed also that 70% of participants met the minimum theoretical knowledge requirement for approval (5 of 10 points) but only 20% passed the practical retention assessment. The two participants who passed the practical evaluation had repeated the training after the initial course.CONCLUSIONS: Basic Life Support training based on simulation resulted in practical and theoretical learning in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, the effect did not persist after one year and five months, except for participants who repeated the training during this period, indicating that the long term retention of this learning requires more opportunities for training or practice. Further studies are needed to investigate the ideal workload, the number of repetitions required during training and the appropriate frequency of training, as well as to obtain information about the influence of prior knowledge of the participants and the practice after training in retention of skills.

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Effectiveness of education intervention programme on life support measures for the nurses working in emergency unit of BPKIHS: a pre-experimental study

Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/jbpkihs.v1i1.19749 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 14-19

Author(s):

Upendra Yadav ◽

RS Mehta

Keyword(s):

Chest Compression ◽

Emergency Service ◽

Basic Life Support ◽

Life Support ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Education Intervention ◽

Advance Life Support ◽

Intervention Programme ◽

Support Measures

Introduction: Lack of resuscitation skills of nurses in basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) has been identified as a contributing factor to poor outcomes of cardiac arrest victims.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of education intervention programme to improve the knowledge of, and thereby the quality of Emergency service; especially in the area of Basic Life Support, Advance Life Support and Triage system.Method: Pre-experimental research design was used to conduct the study among the nurses working in Emergency units of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences where CPR is very commonly performed. Using convenient sampling technique, a total of 24 nurses agreed to participate and to give consent were included in the study. The theoretical, demonstration and re-demonstration sessions were arranged, involving the trained doctors and nurses during the three hours educational programme. Post-test was carried out after education intervention programme. The 2010 BLS and ALS guidelines were used as guide for the study contents. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS-15 software.Result: It was found that there is significant increase in knowledge after education intervention in the components of life support measures (BLS/ALS) i.e. ratio of chest compression to ventilation in BLS (P= 0.001), correct sequence of CPR (p< 0.001), rate of chest compression in ALS (P= 0.001), the depth of chest compression in adult CPR (p< 0.001), and position of chest compression in CPR (P= 0.016). The participating nurses well appreciated the programme and requested to continue in future for all the nurses.Conclusion: The workshop certainly improves the knowledge of the working nurses, and thereby the quality of Emergency service; especially in the areas of Basic Life Support, Advance Life Support and Triage System.Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2018, page: 14-19

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