Teaching schoolchildren cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Forty-one children aged 11-12 years received tuition in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and subsequently completed questionnaires to assess their theoretical knowledge and attitudes their likelihood of performing CPR. Although most children scored well on theoretical knowledge, this did not correlate with an assessment of practical ability using training manikins. In particular only one child correctly called for help after the casualty was found to be unresponsive, and none telephoned for an ambulance before starting resuscitation. These omissions have important implications for the teaching of CPR and the resulting effectiveness of community CPR programmes.
Lester
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Centre for Applied Public Health Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Lansdowne Hospital, Canton, Cardiff, UK.
Donnelly
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Weston
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Morgan
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D000552:Ambulances; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002648:Child; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013689:Telephone; D014852:Wales