Knowledge, training and willingness to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among university students in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among Chinese college students and their attitude towards participating in CPR training and willingness to perform bystander CPR.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Participants

A total of 1128 college students were selected through a multistage stratified random sampling method from 12 universities in Chongqing, China.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Primary outcomes included CPR knowledge and willingness to participate in training and perform bystander CPR; secondary outcomes included CPR training experience and obstacles to training and performing CPR.

Results

The average score on CPR knowledge was 2.078 (±1.342). Only 45.5% of the respondents were willing to participate in CPR trainin

SUBMITTER: Mao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8230923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature