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First aid and basic life support training for first year medical students
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 09/08/09
Altntas K et al. – The authors developed 24 and 12–h programs for first aid and basic life support (FA–BLS) training for first–year medical students and evaluated the opinions of both the trainers and trainees on the effectiveness of the programs...For the 24–h training program, most of the students stated that FA–BLS sessions met their expectations (85.9%) and they were satisfied with the training (91.1%). Of the participants, 75.6% stated that they could apply FA confidently in real situations simulating the topics they learned in the FA–BLS sessions. For the 12–h training program, 84.4% of the students felt themselves competent in FA–BLS applications. The trainers considered both of the programs as effective.
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