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Effectiveness of Basic Life Support Training for Middle School Students
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Aloush, Sami; Tubaishat, Ahmad; ALBashtawy, Mohammed; Suliman, Mohammad; Alrimawi, Intima; Al Sabah, Ashraf; Banikhaled, Yousef – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a basic life support (BLS) educational course given to 110 middle school children, using a pretest posttest design. In the pretest, students were asked to demonstrate BLS on a manikin to simulate a…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, First Aid, Training, Middle School Students
An Evaluation of Youth Mental Health First Aid Training in School Settings
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Gryglewicz, Kim; Childs, Kristina K.; Soderstrom, Melanie F. P. – School Mental Health, 2018
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a training program designed to help adults working with children and adolescents identify and respond to youth who are experiencing mental health problems or are in crisis. YMHFA is being implemented in a number of educational, child welfare, and juvenile justice settings across the country with little…
Descriptors: First Aid, Program Evaluation, Mental Health, Identification
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a First Aid Health Volunteers' Training Programme Using Kirkpatrick's Model: A Pilot Study
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Vizeshfar, Fatemeh; Momennasab, Marzieh; Yektatalab, Shahrzad; Iman, Mohamad Taghi – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a health volunteers' complementary training programme on first aid. Design: Quasi-experimental study. Setting: A comprehensive health centre in the southwest of Iran. Method: The study was conducted in the second half of 2015 with all 25 health volunteers in the Qamar Bani Hashem…
Descriptors: First Aid, Volunteers, Training, Quasiexperimental Design
Effects of Age, Gender, School Class on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Skills of Nigerian Secondary School Students
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Onyeaso, Adedamola Olutoyin; Onyeaso, Chukwudi Ochi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Background: The need for training of schoolchildren on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as potential bystander CPR providers is growing globally but Nigeria is still behind and lacks basic necessary data. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of age, gender and school class on CPR skills of Nigerian secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Effects of Game Design Patterns on Basic Life Support Training Content
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Kelle, Sebastian; Klemke, Roland; Specht, Marcus – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Based on a previous analysis of game design patterns and related effects in an educational scenario, the following paper presents an experimental study. In the study a course for Basic Life Support training has been evaluated and two game design patterns have been applied to the course. The hypotheses evaluated in this paper relate to game design…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Design, First Aid
Understanding the Impact of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training on Participants' Perceived Confidence Levels
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Nordheim, Shawn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This pre-experimental, participatory action research study investigated the impact of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training on participants' perceived confidence and willingness to initiate CPR. Parents of seventh and eighth grade students were surveyed. Parent participants were asked to watch the American Heart Association's Family and…
Descriptors: First Aid, Training, Parents, Grade 7