Nicola J Simkiss, Nicola S Gray, Andrew H Kemp, Chris Dunne, Robert J Snowden
A randomised controlled trial evaluating the Guide Cymru mental health literacy intervention programme in year 9 (age 13-14) school pupils in Wales
BMC public health
study aims address knowledge gap first aid basic life support bls among teachers expand targeted schools elementary intermediate schools boys girls develop clear focused recommendations furthermore assess knowledge skills attitude bls among schoolteachers qassim saudi arabia crosssectional study conducted school year 2022 2023 buraidah city uyun aljiwa asyah governorates qassim total 906 elementary intermediate schools employing 12057 teachers 5447 males 6610 females stratified random sampling method used selfadministered arabic questionnaire questionnaire included multiple parts sociodemographic data previous training status knowledge skill bls assessment following attitude learn practice cpr barriers performing cpr presence lack previous resuscitation experience bls data analyzed using spss statistics version 25 ibm corp armonk ny usa categorical variables described frequency percentage continuous variables described mean sd normality test showed total knowledge skills scale normally distributed mannwhitney kruskalwallis tests used compare mean knowledge skills scale across variables accepted level significance 005 p 005 study included 482 participants 195 94 previous cpr training 809 76 trained two years prior studys data collection main reason participants fears applying bls lack proper knowledge skills 481 majority teachers ie 710 342 wanted training cpr 411 198 thought cpr training mandatory school found statistical relationship attitude toward training city differences knowledge skills scores due difference sociodemographic characteristics also found statistical relationship question observe cpr collapsed patient city meaning observation cpr collapsed patients independent respondents school location significant differences skills scores found cpr observation p 0014 knowledge scores previous cpr training p 0034 skills scores previous cpr training p 0001 found significant differences knowledge skills scores according place previous cpr training p 0163 p 0695 respectively study reveals knowledge skills bls among schoolteachers need improved reason emphasize inclusion international liaison committee resuscitation ilcor recommendations curriculum made periodic mandatory teachers especially found teachers positive attitude willing train help