RT Journal Article
T1 Teaching Basic Life Support to 5- to 8-Year-Old Children: A Cluster Randomized Trial
A1 Varela-Casal, Cristina
A1 Abelairas Gómez, Cristian
A1 Otero-Agra, Martín
A1 Barcala Furelos, Roberto
A1 Rodríguez Núñez, Antonio
A1 Greif, Robert
K1 Schoolchildren
K1 Traning
K1 Education
K1 Didactics
K1 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
AB OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare traditional basic life support (BLS) education with specific and innovative educative didactic material that has been previously designed and validated.METHODS: Fifteen classes of schoolchildren aged 5 to 8 years (n = 237) were randomly assigned to 4 groups in which different didactic and complementary materials were used: (1) the Rescube tool with a cuddly toy (n = 61), (2) the Endless Book tool with a cuddly toy (n = 74), (3) traditional teaching with a cuddly toy (n = 46), and (4) traditional teaching with a manikin (n = 55). The BLS sequence was assessed at baseline (T0). After that, children took part in a one-hour theory and practice session in their assigned training modality. BLS sequence was assessed again within one week (T1) and after one month (T2).RESULTS: The 4 modalities were successful in improving children’s skills when comparing T0with both T1 and T2 (P < .05). At T2, more schoolchildren remembered the complete BLSsequence after using the Rescube (75%) compared with the number of schoolchildren whoremember the complete BLS sequence after using the Endless Book (53%), a manikin (42%), or a cuddly toy (13%) (P < .05). A higher proportion of participants who used the Rescube correctly performed all the BLS steps analyzed compared with those who used only the manikin or a cuddly toy during the learning phase. The Endless Book was also more effective except for learning to check consciousness and breathing.CONCLUSION: Better BLS learning and knowledge retention outcomes were achieved by using our specific and adapted didactic materials (Rescube and Endless Book). These new educational tools have the potential to substantially support BLS school education programs.
PB American Academy of Pediatrics
SN 0031-4005
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32278
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32278
LA eng
NO Varela-Casal C, Abelairas-G omez C, Otero-Agra M, et al. Teaching Basic Life Support to 5- to 8-Year-Old Children: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2021;148(4):e2021051408
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026