title: HeartCode BLS with voice assisted manikin for teaching nursing students: preliminary results.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of HeartCode BLS, a self-directed, computer-based course for obtaining basic life support (BLS) certification. For part 2 of the course, students learned and practiced their cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) psychomotor skills on a voice assisted manikin (VAM). Students from 10 schools of nursing were randomly assigned to two types of CPR training: HeartCode BLS with VAM or the standard, instructor-led (IL) course with manikins that were not voice assisted; 264 students trained using HeartCode BLS and 339 had an IL course. When students passed their respective courses and were certified in BLS, their CPR skills were tested using the Laerdal PC SkillReporting System. Students who trained using HeartCode BLS and practiced their CPR skills on VAMs were significantly more accurate in their ventilations, compressions, and single-rescuer CPR than students who had the standard, IL course with regular manikins.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. moermann@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Marilyn H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Oermann
authors.forename: Suzan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kardong-Edgren
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Odom-Maryon
authors.forename: Yeongmi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Jacqueline Keegan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: McColgan
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hurd
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Leandro A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Resurreccion
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snelson
authors.forename: Dawn R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kuerschner
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haus
authors.forename: Denise A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: Jerrilee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamar
authors.forename: Beth F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Hallmark
authors.forename: Monica Nelson
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Tennant
authors.forename: Sharon Wilson
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Dowdy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D002568:Certification; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011597:Psychomotor Performance