Paramedic attitudes towards prehospital spinal care: a cross-sectional survey by Neil McDonald, Dean Kriellaars, Rob T. Pryce

“…Respondents with advanced life support (ALS) qualification were more likely to be skeptical of the value of SMR compared to those at the basic life support (BLS) level (OR: 2.40, 95%CI: 1.21–4.76, p = 0.01). …”
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Knowledge of handling medical emergencies among general dental practitioners pan India: a cross-sectional survery by Shubhangi Gupta, Stuti Mishra, Shubhangi Behl, N. Srikant, Roma Mascarenhas

“…Conclusion This paper enlightens the need of basic life support training on regular basis among the dentists to improve the competence among them and to improve the confidence in handling such situations.…”
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Core Procedural Skills to be Taught for III-Year Undergraduate Medical Students: A Modified Delphi Study by MASANAM KASI SUMATHY, ZAYABALARADJANE ZAYAPRAGASSARAZAN, DINKER RAMANANDA PAI, MUKTA WYAWAHARE

“…These skills include basic life support, intravenous cannulation, urinary catheterization for both male and female patients, nasogastric tube insertion, oxygen administration, and basic suturing. …”
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Modification of termination of resuscitation rule with compression time interval in South Korea by Song Yi Park, Daesung Lim, Ji Ho Ryu, Yong Hwan Kim, Byungho Choi, Sun Hyu Kim

“…We evaluated the predictive performance of basic life support (BLS) and the Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium (KoCARC) TOR rule using the false-positive rate (FPR) and positive predictive value (PPV). …”
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Comparison of Resuscitation Outcomes Between 2‐ or 3‐Stacked Defibrillation Strategies With Minimally Interrupted Chest Compression and the Single Defibrillation Strategy: A Swine... by Soyeong Kim, Woo Jin Jung, Young Il Roh, Tae Youn Kim, Sung Oh Hwang, Kyoung‐Chul Cha

“…After inducing ventricular fibrillation and a 2‐minute downtime, basic life support was initiated with a 30:2 compression/ventilation ratio for 8 minutes. …”
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Disease Spectrum and Triage Assessment among Children Presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Centre in Telangana, India by Nirmala Cherukuri, Harika Madakkagari, Sindhu Malyala, Hima Bindu Tirumani, Harshita Cherukuri

“…Specially trained nurses, healthcare professionals trained in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will go a long way in reducing morbidity and mortality.…”
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Knowledge, attitude, and proficiency of healthcare providers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a public primary healthcare setting in Qatar by Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Mohamed Shaheen Anodiyil, Hanan Khudadad, Mohamed Ali Kalathingal, Abdul Hakeem Hamza, Femina Purakaloth Ummer, Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi

“…Only one-half (48.7%) formally received training on basic life support within the last year. Furthermore, 62.7% have tried to revive a dying person with no pulse. …”
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Knowledge of and willingness to perform Hands-Only cardiopulmonary resuscitation among college students in Malaysia by Karuthan, Sumitra Ropini, Firdaus, Putri Jasmine Filza, Angampun, Aloha Dee-Afryna George, Chai, Xuan Jia, Sagan, Chris Dom, Ramachandran, Monishak, Perumal, Sharmmathevan, Karuthan, Mahendra, Manikam, Rishya, Chinna, Karuthan

“…In view of this, the basic life support algorithm has been simplified and lay rescuers are encouraged to perform Hands-Only CPR.The objective of this study is to assess knowledge on and willingness to perform Hands-Only CPR among Malaysian college students and to determine the relationship between the two.In an online self-administered survey, college students responded to a questionnaire on demographics, exposure to CPR, knowledge on Hands-Only CPR, and their willingness to perform Hands-Only CPR in 5 different scenarios (family members or relatives, strangers, trauma victims, children, and elderly people).Data for 393 participants were analyzed. …”

Impact of a Comprehensive Early Clinical Exposure Program for Preclinical Year Medical Students by Sumitra Govindarajan, Ganesan Vasanth, Pananghat A. Kumar, Catherine Priyadarshini, Shanmuga Sundaram Radhakrishnan, Vikrant Kanagaraj, Nithilavalli Balasubramanian, Prasanna N. Kumar, T. Jasmine Divya, C. Nandhini Aishwarya

“…Conclusion: The innovative use of early clinical exposure program to teach/learn clinical skills like phlebotomy and Basic Life Support had been well appreciated by the students. …”
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A moodle course to substitute resuscitation teaching in a medical curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective pilot study by Florian Ettl, Christoph Schriefl, Jürgen Grafeneder, Dominik Gabriel Thallner, Matthias Mueller, Eva Fischer, Eva Fischer, Raphael Schlegel, Thorsten Sigmund, Michael Holzer, Sebastian Schnaubelt

“…Moodle® (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) – an online course format – has not yet been sufficiently evaluated for its feasibility and effectiveness in teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation.MethodsMedical students in the eighth semester took part in a Moodle® course teaching basic life support, the ABCDE-approach, airway management, and advanced life support. …”
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Perception of Phase 1 MBBS Students Regarding the Foundation Course: A Cross-sectional Study by Manish Goyal, Kavita, Ravi Kant Tiwari, Pravin Gunderao Dhone

“…The topics such as ‘cadaver as first teacher’, ‘visit to dissection hall’, ‘visit to blood bank’, ‘role of doctors in society’ and ‘Basic Life Support (BLS)’ scored the higher mean value, while ‘substance abuse and cyber-addiction’ and ‘sports and hobbies’ scored the lower mean values on a five-point Likert scale. …”
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Knowledge and perceptions of cardiopulmonary resuscitation amongst New Zealand podiatrists: a web‐based survey by Angela Brenton‐Rule, Daniel Harvey, Kevin Moran, Daniel O'Brien, Jonathon Webber

“…Having a health professional who has a competent knowledge of CPR and skills in basic life support, can improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest. …”
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Prehospital mSOFA Score for Quick Prediction of Life-Saving Interventions and Mortality in Trauma Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Ambulance-based, Cohort Study by Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Ancor Sanz-García, Ana Benito Justel, Almudena Morales Sánchez, Cristina Mazas Perez Oleaga, Irene Delgado Noya, Irene Sánchez Soberón, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Juan F. Delgado Benito, Raúl López-Izquierdo

“…The study involved six Advanced Life Support units, 38 Basic Life Support units, and four hospitals. The primary outcome was LSI performed at the scene or en route and intensive care unit (ICU) admission and all-cause two-day in-hospital mortality. …”
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Feasibility of Mouth-to-Mouth Ventilation through FFP2 Respirator in BLS Training during COVID-19 Pandemic (MOVERESP Study): Simulation-Based Study by Martina Kosinová, Petr Štourač, Tereza Prokopová, Tereza Vafková, Václav Vafek, Daniel Barvík, Tamara Skříšovská, Jan Dvořáček, Jana Djakow, Jozef Klučka, Jiří Jarkovský, Pavel Plevka

“…Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Basic Life Support (BLS) training has been limited to compression-only or bag–mask ventilation. …”
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Influence of the Type of Physician on Survival from Emergency-Medical-Service-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest: An Observational Study by Miguel Freire-Tellado, Rubén Navarro-Patón, Javier Mateos-Lorenzo, Gabina Pérez-López, María del Pilar Pavón-Prieto, Marcos Mecías-Calvo

“…The aim of this study was to compare the survival results of the teams led by emergency dedicated physicians (EDPhy) with those of the teams led by non-emergency dedicated physicians (N-EDPhy) and with a team of basic life support (BLS) emergency technicians (EMTs) used as the control group. …”
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Development of a Pilot Introductory Advanced Cardiovascular Resuscitation Course for Senior Medical Students in Switzerland: Student-Driven Implementation Study by Tara Herren, Loris Fivaz, Eva Dufeil, Eric Golay, Ely Braun, Emilie Straub, Philippe Nidegger, Olivier Grosgurin, Birgit Andrea Gartner, Mélanie Suppan, Laurent Suppan

“…This questionnaire was also used to assess basic life support education and experience among course participants. …”
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Expert opinion on evidence after the 2020 Korean Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guidelines: a secondary publication by Sung Phil Chung, Youdong Sohn, Jisook Lee, Youngsuk Cho, Kyoung-Chul Cha, Ju Sun Heo, Ai-Rhan Ellen Kim, Jae Guk Kim, Han-Suk Kim, Hyungoo Shin, Chiwon Ahn, Ho Geol Woo, Byung Kook Lee, Yong Soo Jang, Yu Hyeon Choi, Sung Oh Hwang, on behalf of the Guideline Committee of the Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (KACPR)

“…Forty-three questions were reviewed, including 15 on basic life support, seven on advanced life support, two on pediatric life support, 11 on neonatal life support, six on education and teams, one on first aid, and one related to COVID-19. …”
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The Effectiveness of Online-Only Blended Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training: Static-Group Comparison Study by Kah Meng Chong, Hsiang-Wen Yang, Hsien-Chin He, Wan-Ching Lien, Mei-Fen Yang, Chien-Yu Chi, Yen-Pin Chen, Chien-Hua Huang, Patrick Chow-In Ko

“… BackgroundBasic life support (BLS) education is essential for improving bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates, but the imparting of such education faces obstacles during the outbreak of emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. …”
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Outline and validation of a new dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation educational bundle using the Delphi method by Andreas Claesson, Håkan Hult, Gabriel Riva, Fredrik Byrsell, Thomas Hermansson, Leif Svensson, Therese Djärv, Mattias Ringh, Per Nordberg, Martin Jonsson, Sune Forsberg, Jacob Hollenberg, Anette Nord

“…Method: An educational bundle was created by the Swedish Resuscitation Council consisting of three parts: e-learning on DA-CPR, basic life support training and audit of emergency out-of-hospital cardiac arrest calls. …”
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Results of Out-of-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest Cases with Intervention by Lay Rescuers and Emergency Health Workers by Mehmet Murat Oktay, Behçet Al, Suat Zengin, Şener Cindoruk, Mustafa Sabak, Mustafa Boğan, Cuma Yıldırım

“…EHP evaluated the glaskow coma scale (GCS) of 88.3% of the cases as ≤7 at the scene. EHP performed basic life support (BLS) on all cases (100%) and endo-tracheal intubation (ETI) on 29.3% of the cases at the scene. …”
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