Simulation and educationThe effects of the new CPR guideline on attitude toward basic life support in Japan☆
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Methods
The present study was approved by a committee of Ishikawa Designated Driving School Association.
Number of respondents
The total numbers of respondents were 3580 before revision of the textbook and 5310 after the revision. However, not all the respondents answered to all questions we asked. When the data were analysed, we excluded the respondents who gave no answer to a scenario or information we needed.
Comparison of backgrounds and characteristics of respondents between the two terms (Table 2)
The majority of the participants were aged between 17 and 29 years in both terms. There were significant but small differences in age, residential area and occupation between the two terms. The knowledge of how
Discussion
One of the characteristics of the new guideline based on the CoSTR is simplification. A recent study from Oslo, Norway reported a predominant increase in the rates of survival after guideline renewal.19 However, no study regarding the influence on citizen's attitude towards all BLS actions has been reported. The simplification of the CPR algorithm may reduce the unwillingness to BLS and CPR.
We elucidated a proportional increase in respondents with positive attitude to all the four scenarios and
Conclusion
We showed that the renewal of guideline increased the proportion of positive respondents to AED use and all the BLS actions. However, it failed to improve the unwillingness to early call, CPR on one's own initiative or telephone-assisted chest compression. The future revision of the guideline and the textbook should emphasise the significance and benefit of early call associated with telephone-assisted instruction of CPR. The course instructors should be aware of the backgrounds of participants
Conflict of interest
We have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all members in Ishikawa Designated Driving School Association for their corporation to the questionnaire survey.
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