Abstract
Two independent samples of 800 lay CPR trainees from an original cohort of 7584 were surveyed postally 4 years after training. Only 2% of respondents had used CPR, but 92 had used other aspects of their life support training. Those who had retrained were more confident than those who had not and 89% of those who had not retrained were willing to do so. More than 80% expressed willingness to perform full CPR on casualties who were unknown to therm, but this fell to 40% where facial blood was present and 48% where the victim was a gay man. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 77-82 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Resuscitation |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2000 |
Keywords
- lay CPR trainees
- retraining
- confidence
- willingness
- TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION
- AMERICAN-HEART-ASSOCIATION
- HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS
- CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION
- GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS
- LIFE-SUPPORT
- SKILLS
- VENTILATION
- STATEMENT
- RETENTION