Abstract
AbstractBasic Life Support (BLS) can increase a victim’s chances of survival when administered promptly and correctly. Cardiac and respiratory arrests occur more frequently when the victim is at home far from clinical support. Hence, prompt action by family members trained in BLS can save the victim’s life. In this study, the requirements for the design of a module for teaching BLS as an important life skill to homeschooled children is investigated using Taba’s model of curriculum design. The Fuzzy Delphi technique was used to obtain consensus among 10 experts for the design, content, strategies, activities and assessment for the instructional module. The experts agreed that BLS should be taught to children above 15 years, with content focusing on the techniques of proper chest compression, rescue breath and rescue of drowning victims. The findings indicate that the preferred strategies were observation of demonstrations and hands-on return demonstrations with activities using manikins to simulate emergen...
Highlights
Injuries and life-threatening incidents are always unexpected
Basic Life Support (BLS) is an emergency procedure required for victims of cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest and foreign-body airway obstruction (Smith, Cronenwett, & Sherwood, 2007)
Research Questions The study was implemented in order to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the appropriate age for teaching BLS to children according to the experts? (2) What are the core knowledge components for parents to teach BLS among homeschooled children according to the experts? (3) What are the effective instructional strategies teaching strategies for teaching BLS to homeschooled children according to the experts? (4) What are the activities for teaching BLS to homeschooled children according to the experts?
Summary
Injuries and life-threatening incidents are always unexpected. The failure to take prompt action may escalate an emergency situation and lead to the mortality and morbidity of the victim. Early intervention may be effective in preventing further deterioration of the patient’s condition, and may even reverse the life-threatening condition (Savastano & Vanni, 2011). Basic Life Support (BLS) is an emergency procedure required for victims of cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest and foreign-body airway obstruction (Smith, Cronenwett, & Sherwood, 2007). Prompt administration of BLS increases the patient’s chances of recovery. It is believed out-of-hospital mortality could be significantly reduced if at least 15% of the population had knowledge of BLS (Maconochie, Simpson, & Bingham, 2007)
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