title: Learning and retention of emergency first aid skills in a violent, developing South African township.
abstract: Community members in developing areas can effectively learn first responder training, and skill decay afterwards is not continuous. It is critical that training be done in the trainees' primary language, even if they speak other languages fluently. Making first responder training obligatory for employees and students may be an effective way to generate first responders.
authors.affiliation: Stanford Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. jared.sun@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jared H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wallis
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement; D005392:First Aid; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008020:Life Support Care; D013019:South Africa