Basic Life Support Training

Research study critique
Frontmatter
The Authors, their affiliations, the published journal and the date of publication
are the factors that aid in validating an article. The Authors of the article are
Kanstad, Nilsen, and Fredriksen. They are the faculties of the health science
department of the University of Tromso. Affiliations are the division of
Emergency Medical Services, and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Research Group.
Elsevier is the journal in which the article was published. Elsevier is one of the
world’s leading journals that aim to empower knowledge. The date and year of
publication are August 2011 which provides the research information of the past
10 years. This assignment is the primary research. The title of the article is CPR
knowledge and attitude to performing bystander CPR among secondary school
students in Norway. The title of the article is appropriate and refers to the topic.
The study aims to analyze the CPR knowledge and attitude. The participants of
the study are the secondary school student which is clearly stated in the title of
the article. The title directly relates to the research question.
Background
The abstract section elaborates on the known issues that are related to the CPR.
But the abstract did not include the design of the study. The abstract of the
article states that the Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is vital for survival in
cardiac arrest that happens out of the hospital. The abstract also confirms that
young people are the high potential population in the community. The most
common bystander of cardiac arrest is the younger population. Educating the
younger people on Cardiopulmonary resuscitation can help the people affected.
So, the abstract also adds the suggestion to include basic life support training in
the school curriculum.
The background of the article provides a brief explanation of the aim of the study
and the outline of the issue. But the importance of the problem was explained in
the background. The study aims to emphasize the importance of educating and
training the high school children about basic life support. But the abstract is not
providing information on the importance of educating high school children about
basic life support. To be aware of the basic life support is the civic responsibility
of every citizen. The well trained younger generation can save many people in an
emergency but the fact is not emphasized in the articles abstract. The research
question According to the PICO method based on the article is “Is training on the

basic life support for secondary school children improve the knowledge and
attitude on CPR?”
Methods
The study design of the research article is quantitative. This study was done in
Norway among secondary school children. Nine schools from the north part of
Norway are selected for the study. Questionnaires were distributed to the high
school children of the selected school. The age group of the children participated
in the study is between 16 -19 years. About 376 respondents actively involved in
the study. Questions about Cardiopulmonary resuscitation were present in the
questionnaires. The completed questionnaires were analyzed to critically assess
the knowledge and attitude of high school children about CPR.
The data was collected by issuing questionnaires that contain the questions of
basic life support. The PICO method is used to form research question (“Is
training on the basic life support for secondary school children improve the
knowledge and attitude on CPR?”) According to PICO research question the
population involved in the high school children, intervention is the training
provided on the basic life support, the comparison was done with the students
who have not undergone the basic life support in school and the outcome is
providing basic life support out of the hospital by the high school children. The
research question is answerable based on the article. The measures taken in the
study is to analyze the knowledge and attitude of high school children on basic
life support.
Results
The result of the study focuses on the knowledge and attitude of high school
children about basic life support. Based on the results of the questionnaires,
about 90% of the children know the medical emergency contact number. 83% of
the children are willing to perform CPR in emergencies. 8% of children had
already implemented Basic Life Support for the individuals outside the hospital,
out of the 16% of children had done complete CPR. 86% of the high school
children are provided with the Basic Life Support training in school. 3 out of 2
children are interested to get more information and training.
Discussion
The Authors of the article had presented the result in detail. Basic CPR
knowledge and attitude of the high school children are analyzed with various
classifications to understand the present situation and need of BLS training in