Author/Editor		Pečan, M; Starc, B
Title		Učinkovitost in dileme pri pouku temeljnih postopkov oživljanja po priporočilih European resuscitation council in American heart association
Translated title		Efficacy and dilemas of teaching BLS according to ERC and AHA guidelines
Type		članek
Source		In: Bručan A, Gričar M, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 2. Zbornik 3. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 1996 jun 26-29; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 165-8
Language		slo
Abstract		The formal training of medical students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is important for at least two reasons: physicians must be able to perform CPR on patients for whom they are responsible, and they must also take the lead in disseminating this knowledge among nurses, emergency medical technicians and lay persons. The Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana has been offering formal training in cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion (CPR) to its students since 1988. The Basic Life Support (BLS) courses are taught by anaesthesiologists and are based on the recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). The BLS courses are the part of the subject First Aid and are mandatory for all first-year students of medicine and dentistry. To determine whether our training program provides the students with adequate skills and knowledge in CPR we analyzed the results of the examinations, tests, questionnaires and interviews of first-year students who had received training in BLS in 1994. We found that all students passed the skill test immediately after the BLS course and that the majority of these students showed good knowledge in the written exam at the end of the year. These students were generally satisfied with the first aid lec-ture course and BLS course. These fidings suggest that the education program provides our students with both a basic knowledge and practical skills in BLS for further training in advanced cardiac and trauma life support. However more strict analysis indicates reformation of the BLS courses and shows that in future we have to make them more uniform. The recommendations of ERC are very useful for us to reach this task.
Descriptors		RESUSCITATION ORDERS RESUSCITATION EUROPE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION