Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory
Introduction: Bystanders can improve the outcome in emergencies by activating the chain of survival. Gaza's (Palestine) population has little, if any, access to training in Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The goal was to recruit local medical students to be lif...
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ftunivmilanobic:oai:boa.unimib.it:10281/245059 2024-04-21T08:12:49+00:00 Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory Ismail, A. AlRayyes. M. Shatat, M. Al Hafi, R. Heszlein-Lossius, H. Veronese G. Gilbert M. Ismail, A Alrayye, S Shatat, M Al Hafi, R Heszlein-Lossius, H Veronese, G Gilbert, M 2019 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/10281/245059 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X19005004 eng eng Cambridge University Press country:US info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/31640829 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000513131000007 volume:34 issue:6 firstpage:604 lastpage:609 numberofpages:6 journal:PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE http://hdl.handle.net/10281/245059 doi:10.1017/S1049023X19005004 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85074158685 emergency care Gaza laypeople medical student prehospital training MED/34 - MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivmilanobic https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X19005004 2024-03-28T01:14:50Z Introduction: Bystanders can improve the outcome in emergencies by activating the chain of survival. Gaza's (Palestine) population has little, if any, access to training in Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The goal was to recruit local medical students to be life-saving first aid instructors, and have them train 3,000 laypeople in BLS and CPR.Methods: One hundred and seventeen medical students from Al Azhar University-Gaza (Gaza City, Palestine) were trained as BLS and CPR instructors. Twelve training hours were delivered in practical BLS and CPR skills, plus four in communication and didactical skills, to enable training of laypeople. Students answered a questionnaire exploring demographics, prior training experience, expectations, and motivation to join the training. Teaching material were developed after the European Resuscitation Council (ERC; Niel, Belgium) guidelines and similar training at The Arctic University of Norway (Tromso, Norway).Results: A total of 117 medical students (52.1% female; 47.9% male), from third through sixth year, completed training, and all were in their early twenties. Ninety-five (81.2%) agreed to answer the questionnaire. Of those, five students lost family members during Israeli military operations. Eighty-two (70.1%) never had hands-on first aid training. Seventy-six (80.0%) hoped the training would improve their community's response to emergencies. With 58 training sessions completed, 1,312 laypeople (596 males; 716 females) were trained: 5.52 lay trainees per student instructor. The majority (n = 1,012; 77.1%) were school students aged 13-20 years.Conclusion: It is feasible to recruit local medical students for practical BLS and CPR trainings targeting laypeople in communities under stress. The training impact on local resilience and patients' outcomes need further studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromso Tromso Arctic University of Norway Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: BOA (Bicocca Open Archive) Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34 6 604 609 |
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Introduction: Bystanders can improve the outcome in emergencies by activating the chain of survival. Gaza's (Palestine) population has little, if any, access to training in Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The goal was to recruit local medical students to be life-saving first aid instructors, and have them train 3,000 laypeople in BLS and CPR.Methods: One hundred and seventeen medical students from Al Azhar University-Gaza (Gaza City, Palestine) were trained as BLS and CPR instructors. Twelve training hours were delivered in practical BLS and CPR skills, plus four in communication and didactical skills, to enable training of laypeople. Students answered a questionnaire exploring demographics, prior training experience, expectations, and motivation to join the training. Teaching material were developed after the European Resuscitation Council (ERC; Niel, Belgium) guidelines and similar training at The Arctic University of Norway (Tromso, Norway).Results: A total of 117 medical students (52.1% female; 47.9% male), from third through sixth year, completed training, and all were in their early twenties. Ninety-five (81.2%) agreed to answer the questionnaire. Of those, five students lost family members during Israeli military operations. Eighty-two (70.1%) never had hands-on first aid training. Seventy-six (80.0%) hoped the training would improve their community's response to emergencies. With 58 training sessions completed, 1,312 laypeople (596 males; 716 females) were trained: 5.52 lay trainees per student instructor. The majority (n = 1,012; 77.1%) were school students aged 13-20 years.Conclusion: It is feasible to recruit local medical students for practical BLS and CPR trainings targeting laypeople in communities under stress. The training impact on local resilience and patients' outcomes need further studies. |
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Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
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Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
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Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
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Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
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Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
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medical students can be trained to be life-saving first aid instructors for laypeople: a feasibility study from gaza, occupied palestinian territory |
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