The Effect of the Duration of Basic Life Support Training on the Learners’ Cardiopulmonary and Automated External Defibrillator Skills

Table 1

Comparing hands-on practice time for basic life support training courses according to program level.

Hands-on practice	Program level
	1	2	3	4
Chest compression	10 min	15 min	10 min	10 min
AED	None	15 min	15 min	15 min
Hands-only CPR with AED	None	15 min	None	None
Mouth-to-mouth breathing	None	None	10 min	10 min
Conventional CPR	None	None	25 min	25 min
Conventional CPR with AED	None	None	10 min	10 min
Skill test for CPR and AED	None	None	None	30 min
Total hands-on practice time	10 min	45 min	70 min	100 min
Total course time	40 min	80 min	120 min	180 min

The manikin-and-AED-to-student ratio was 2 : 1.
Only introduction was provided by video and the lead instructor.
AED: automated external defibrillator; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.