Willingness and skills among students from non-health academic fields in providing efficient basic life support.

ABSTRACT: Education in basic life support is widely proposed to increase survival in out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. The authors aimed to assess knowledge, skills, and attitudes, including willingness to help, regarding myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac arrest among university students of all fields of knowledge.

Methods

An Ethical Research Committee approved this cross-sectional study. An electronic survey "KIDS SAVE LIVES BRAZIL" was sent to 58,862 students of 82 disciplines in three universities, aged ≥ 18 years. The survey covered three categories: knowledge, skills, and attitude. Each category was graded between 0 and 10 points (the highest).

Results

Among students, 4,803 undergraduates (8.2 %) answered the survey, and were divided into three groups of disciplines: m

SUBMITTER: Sugimoto PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11583723 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature