The Effect of Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education of Elementary School Students

Abstract

This study aimed to recognize the importance of the training in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by comparing the knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy in CPR of trained and untrained elementary school students based on the revised Basic CPR Guidelines 2010, and providing the basic resources needed to develop the CPR training program for elementary school students. This research is a descriptive study to compare and analyze knowledge, attitude and self-sufficiency in the area of CPR between the group of students trained in CPR in a regular health education class and the group of students who were not trained. The result showed that all elements including knowledge (t=8.15, p<.001), attitude (t=-4.218, p<.001) and self-sufficiency (t=7.46, p<.001) were higher in the trained group than in the untrained group. Therefore, it was found that training in basic CPR for elementary school students was an effective way to improve CPR knowledge, attitude and self-sufficiency. therefore, we suggest that CPR education for elementary school students to reflect on the school curriculum in order to be done systematically. Received (January 5, 2016), Review Result(January 19, 2016) Accepted(January 26, 2016), Published(February 29, 2016) 705-703 College of Nursing, Yeungnam University college., 170, Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu, Korea email: hj09jang@ync.ac.kr (Corresponding Author) 730-739 College of Nursing, Kyungwoon University., 724-5, Gangdong-ro, Sandong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. email: hsy1009@hanmail.net The effect of Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation education of elementary school students Copyright c 2016 HSST 404 Keyword: Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Knowledge, Attitude, Self Efficacy, Elemetary school students