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Hospital employees improve basic life support skills and confidence with a personal resuscitation manikin and a 24-min video instruction
Resuscitation, 07/28/09
Bjørshol CA et al. – After distributing a personal resuscitation manikin with video instruction to an entire hospital staff, the median number of correctly performed chest compressions doubled and self–confidence in BLS skills improved significantly. This is a simple and less time–consuming method than instructor–led courses in preparing hospital employees in the basic handling of cardiac arrest.
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