Research Article

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

Table 4

Comparing automated external defibrillator application among all participants according to program level.

Program level value
1 ()2 ()3 ()4 ()

Turn on the AED Correct115 (95.0%)114 (95.8%)119 (96.0%)120 (99.2%)0.094
Correct location of AED padsCorrect85 (70.2%)107 (89.9%)114 (91.9%)112 (92.6%)<0.001
Clear during analysisCorrect50 (41.3%)104 (87.4%)104 (83.9%)110 (90.9%)<0.001
Clear before shockCorrect44 (36.4%)95 (79.8%)95 (76.6%)108 (89.3%)<0.001
Immediate chest compression after shockCorrect30 (24.8%)105 (88.2%)96 (77.4%)110 (90.9%)<0.001
Time from AED arrival
until shock
59.0 (55.0–65.0)53.0 (50.0–60.0)55.0 (50.0–60.0)52.0 (48.0–56.0)<0.001

Comparisons were performed using the chi-square test.
Calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis method and reported as median (interquartile range).
AED: automated external defibrillator.