Evaluation of Pediatric Immediate Life Support Courses by the Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Theory and Practice Sessions
3.2. Organization, Teaching Methods, and Instructors
3.3. Comments and Suggestions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Essential theoretical content
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Essential practical content
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Optional contents (according to the characteristics of the students of the course)
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Evaluation
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Schedule
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Occupation | Sample | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Pediatrician | 361 | 22.0% |
| 9 | 2.5% |
| 101 | 28% |
| 143 | 39.6% |
| 102 | 28% |
| 5 | 1.4% |
| 1 | 0.3% |
Nurse | 1093 | 66.7% |
| 151 | 13.9% |
| 747 | 68.7% |
| 18 | 1.7% |
| 105 | 9.7% |
| 66 | 6.1% |
Family practitioner | 46 | 2.8% |
| 35 | 76.1% |
| 11 | 23.9% |
Anesthetist-adult ICU | 38 | 2.3% |
| 23 | 60.5% |
| 15 | 39.5% |
Adult emergency care | 46 | 2.8% |
| 44 | 95.7% |
| 2 | 4.3% |
Other | 51 | 3.1% |
Unknown | 2 | 0.1% |
Total | 1637 |
Global | Pediatrician | Nurse | Family Practitioner | Anesthesia-ICU | Emergency | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theory sessions | |||||||
Fundamentals and prevention | 9.14 1.06 | 9.26 0.90 | 9.08 1.10 | 9.48 0.96 | 9.50 0.76 | 9.33 1.11 | 0.000 |
Basic CPR | 9.23 1.04 | 9.31 0.89 | 9.19 1.07 | 9.63 0.79 | 9.34 1.25 | 9.37 1.08 | 0.003 |
Airway | 9.12 1.12 | 9.15 1.03 | 9.11 1.14 | 9.61 0.68 | 8.71 1.37 | 9.15 1.26 | 0.008 |
Vascular accesses | 8.87 1.37 | 8.98 1.31 | 8.86 1.35 | 9.39 1.04 | 8.84 1.22 | 9.07 1.56 | 0.000 |
Arrhythmias | 8.46 1.75 | 8.85 1.43 | 8.26 1.88 | 9.15 1.36 | 9.11 1.11 | 8.96 1.69 | 0.000 |
Integrated CPR | 9.15 1.20 | 9.33 0.96 | 9.06 1.29 | 9.63 0.74 | 9.45 0.89 | 9.33 1.07 | 0.000 |
CPR and trauma | 8.54 1.76 | 8.65 1.67 | 8.43 1.83 | 9.29 1.16 | 8.90 1.09 | 9.03 1.40 | 0.037 |
Neonatal CPR | 8.58 1.88 | 8.41 2.11 | 8.57 1.83 | 9.56 0.96 | 8.70 1.86 | 9.27 1.18 | 0.032 |
Practice Sessions | |||||||
Recognition of severe ill child | 9.19 1.13 | 9.29 0.98 | 9.14 1.17 | 9.61 0.83 | 9.29 1.19 | 9.40 0.82 | 0.021 |
Basic CPR | 9.14 1.17 | 9.22 1.06 | 9.08 1.23 | 9.67 0.66 | 9.32 0.96 | 9.39 0.97 | 0.004 |
Airway | 9.10 1.18 | 9.14 1.06 | 9.07 1.21 | 9.65 0.70 | 8.84 1.44 | 9.24 1.05 | 0.028 |
Vascular accesses | 8.88 1.43 | 8.87 1.46 | 8.88 1.43 | 9.48 0.93 | 8.79 1.66 | 9.04 1.42 | 0.028 |
Integrated CPR | 9.19 1.18 | 9.37 0.87 | 9.11 1.27 | 9.61 0.85 | 9.45 0.92 | 9.35 0.94 | 0.000 |
CPR and trauma | 8.67 1.64 | 8.73 1.54 | 8.58 1.17 | 9.27 1.28 | 8.94 1.29 | 9.32 1.27 | 0.000 |
Neonatal CPR | 8.65 1.82 | 8.42 2.18 | 8.63 1.75 | 9.52 0.91 | 9.06 1.21 | 9.32 1.09 | 0.025 |
Global | Pediatrician | Nurse | Family Practitioner | Anesthesia-ICU | Emergency | p | |
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Organization | |||||||
Organization | 9.07 1.26 | 9.26 1.07 | 8.97 1.32 | 9.57 1.02 | 9.34 1.12 | 9.30 1.28 | 0.000 |
Classrooms | 8.67 1.36 | 8.76 1.24 | 8.62 1.40 | 9.09 1.11 | 8.76 1.36 | 9.07 1.23 | 0.046 |
Schedule | 8.30 1.71 | 8.46 1.62 | 8.20 1.75 | 8.70 1.16 | 8.58 1.50 | 8.85 1.73 | 0.015 |
Slides | 8.91 1.27 | 8.99 1.20 | 8.87 1.30 | 9.37 1.04 | 9.05 1.18 | 8.98 1.80 | 0.116 |
Instructional materials | 8.85 1.31 | 8.81 1.28 | 8.85 1.11 | 9.41 0.95 | 8.61 1.58 | 9.15 1.47 | 0.005 |
Materials distributed | 8.91 1.57 | 8.80 1.74 | 8.96 1.51 | 9.35 1.05 | 8.61 1.80 | 9.09 1.65 | 0.025 |
Methods | |||||||
Methodology | 9.14 1.11 | 9.24 0.98 | 9.08 1.15 | 9.70 0.69 | 9.26 0.97 | 9.24 1.28 | 0.005 |
Time devoted to course contents | 8.43 1.67 | 8.70 1.51 | 8.29 1.73 | 8.89 1.28 | 8.92 1.21 | 8.89 1.16 | 0.000 |
Theory | 8.96 1.20 | 9.05 1.10 | 8.90 1.24 | 9.43 0.88 | 9.08 1.12 | 9.09 1.34 | 0.022 |
Practice | 9.17 1.14 | 9.31 0.98 | 9.10 1.21 | 9.46 1.13 | 9.42 0.91 | 9.37 0.92 | 0.005 |
Teachers | |||||||
Level of competency | 9.51 0.81 | 9.59 0.71 | 9.48 0.84 | 9.74 0.68 | 9.63 0.63 | 9.48 0.88 | 0.015 |
Adaptation to participants | 9.30 1.11 | 9.42 0.92 | 9.24 1.18 | 9.61 0.80 | 9.58 0.72 | 9.33 1.33 | 0.003 |
Coordination | 9.38 0.98 | 9.45 0.85 | 9.35 1.03 | 9.65 0.87 | 9.50 0.68 | 9.54 0.80 | 0.049 |
Clarity of expression | 9.43 0.91 | 9.51 0.82 | 9.40 0.94 | 9.67 0.70 | 9.45 0.76 | 9.52 0.93 | 0.002 |
Ability to raise interest | 9.43 0.92 | 9.50 0.77 | 9.39 0.98 | 9.74 0.71 | 9.53 0.76 | 9.54 1.00 | 0.007 |
Ability to make corrections in a constructive manner | 9.35 1.08 | 9.45 0.94 | 9.31 1.14 | 9.70 0.72 | 9.45 0.89 | 9.48 1.22 | 0.031 |
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Manrique, I.; Calvo, C.; Carrillo, A.; Sebastián, V.; Manrique, G.; López-Herce, J. Evaluation of Pediatric Immediate Life Support Courses by the Students. Children 2022, 9, 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020229
Manrique I, Calvo C, Carrillo A, Sebastián V, Manrique G, López-Herce J. Evaluation of Pediatric Immediate Life Support Courses by the Students. Children. 2022; 9(2):229. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020229
Chicago/Turabian StyleManrique, Ignacio, Custodio Calvo, Angel Carrillo, Valero Sebastián, Gema Manrique, and Jesús López-Herce. 2022. "Evaluation of Pediatric Immediate Life Support Courses by the Students" Children 9, no. 2: 229. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020229