The effects of CPR educational awareness and desire for CPR education on college students’ ability to perform automatic defibrillation (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Kim Hee-Jeong* Professor, Nursing Department, Namseoul University, 91, Daehak-ro Seonghwan-eup Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31020, Korea *Corresponding Author: Hee-Jeong Kim Professor, Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, 91, Dahak-ro, Seobuk-gu, Chungcheongnam-do, 31020, Korea Email: yshbb@nsu.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of CPR educational awareness and desire for CPR education on college students’ ability to perform automatic defibrillation (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Data collection was conducted on 136 college students from April 2017 to August 2017. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the general characteristics of the subjects and the relationships between CPR educational awareness, desire for CPR education, and students’ ability to perform AED & CPR; this data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the effects of CPR educational awareness and desire for CPR education on students’ ability to perform AED & CPR. There was a significant positive correlation between the ability to perform AED & CPR and CPR educational awareness (R =.672, p <.001). There was a significant positive correlation between CPR educational awareness and desire for CPR education (r =.712, P <.001). There were also statistically positive correlations between CPR educational awareness and ability to perform AED & CPR (r =.704, p <.001), as well as between desire for CPR education and ability to perform AED & CPR (r =.681, p <.001). The total explanatory power of these factors on ability to perform AED & CPR was 66.3%. In the future, both healthcare departments as well as general education departments at universities will be able to improve students’ ability to perform AED & CPR by increasing students’ desire to receive CPR-related education. Top Keywords CPR, Performance, AED, education, college student. Top |