title: Retention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills by 11- and 12-year-old children.
abstract: This article reports the results of a cardiopulmonary-resuscitation training programme by way of the retention of the knowledge and skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by 11- and 12-year-old children. The results indicate that cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be taught to some individuals at this age but that performance declines quite markedly over a period of five months after training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plotnikoff
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors