1Lecturer, Bhopal Nursing College, Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
2Ex- Principal, Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi
Online published on 24 September, 2014.
Training school children in CPR has been strongly advocated by European Resuscitation Council, AHA & American Academy of Pediatrics. The present study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of BLS training programme among 9th graders of selected schools of Ludhiana, Punjab.
We recruited 281 ninth graders from five conveniently selected schools of Ludhiana, Punjab. Instructor led BLS training session was organized for the students in the experimental group. BLS Knowledge was assessed using 30 items questionnaire and 10 items checklist was used to assess BLS practice. Data was collected one day before and 7th day after BLS training.
Both the groups were comparable with regard to age. Male outnumbered female in experimental (57.06%) as well as control group (59.34%). The experimental group knowledge and practice score was significantly (p<0.0001) higher than the control group in post-experimental test. Furthermore, age and gender were not significantly associated with knowledge and practice score in both the groups. Slightly more than 70% of the students achieved corrected compression rate and depth in the first cycle of CPR, however nearly 40% of the students were not able to provide rescue breath neither in first cycle nor in second cycle of CPR.
9th graders can acquire BL S knowledge and practice; therefore it can be included in their curriculum.
Basic Life Support, Knowledge, Practice, School Students
