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
Correct
115 (95.0%)
114 (95.8%)
119 (96.0%)
120 (99.2%)
0.094
Correct location of AED pads
Correct
85 (70.2%)
107 (89.9%)
114 (91.9%)
112 (92.6%)
<0.001
Clear during analysis
Correct
50 (41.3%)
104 (87.4%)
104 (83.9%)
110 (90.9%)
<0.001
Clear before shock
Correct
44 (36.4%)
95 (79.8%)
95 (76.6%)
108 (89.3%)
<0.001
Immediate chest compression after shock
Correct
30 (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.