Evaluation of skills acquisition using a new low-cost tool for CPR self-training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remains essential to improve the outcome of patients in sudden cardiorespiratory arrest. Feedback on performance is a crucial component of the learning processes associated with simulation and has been shown to improve CPR quality during simulated cardiac arrest on mannequins. This study aims to evaluate skills acquisition using a new low-cost feedback device for CPR self-training when compared to standard training methods.

Methods

Thirty-nine pregraduated medical and biomedical engineering students were recruited for a longitudinal double-blinded randomized control study. For training Basic Life Support skills, the control group used a standard task-trainer and received feedback from an instructor. The intervention

SUBMITTER: Sa-Couto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6726303 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature