Community life support training: does it attract the right people?

摘要: Abstract Members of the public were recruited by means a local newspaper campaign for basic life support instruction mass training sessions. Six hundred and seventy two trained random sample 241 completed questionnaire on their attitudes willingness to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an emergency. At end course almost all (99%) approved concept community 198 (82%) believed themselves capable saving using techniques they had been taught. Sixty-seven percent respondents related someone with heart problem more than 97% expressed resuscitate relative. Half would be willing unpleasant circumstances, but only quarter thought that might do so if casualty vomited. The was successful recruiting members those higher risk cardiac arrest producing supporters who intended use skills, should required.