BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING

IN RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL

INDIA FOR PRIMARY FIRST AID
IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS

Cardiovascular disease cause more death than

any other mode, including cancers. The most
important out of these is the CARDIAC ARREST.
Which is defined as sudden cessation of
pumping of heart secondary to arrthymia. Most
of the events are OHCA(Out of Hospital Cardiac
Arrest).
It becomes necessary for the bystanders to
perform a cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) the employees of a tertiary care hospital of Central
until ambulance or an advance help arrives
STUDY TYPE: Cross sectional type of observational
study.
STUDY SAMPLE: 906
We conducted a questionnaire based study among
India.
The questionnaire was distributed before and after
a session of BASIC LIFE SUPPORT,and their scores
were compared.

1. The set-up is not possible everywhere

1. To determine effectiveness of Basic Life
Support training to general population
2. To assess the efficacy of the BLS training for
general population, if any
2. The social limitations being,not many people volunteering for
a person suddenly unconsious by cardiac arrest
3. This practice needs repetition in consistent period of time, so
not sure of how many people would be intrested for every
other time.

Pretest Score
14.1%
Out of the total 906 responses to questionnaire
8040(88.4%) average was the post test score and
1306(14.48%) was the pretest score.
THE ABSOLUTE GAIN WAS 0.96.
It was concluded that the basic life support training
Average Score
is effective for learning to provide a high quality CPR and basic life support. 85.9%

It can be clearly seen that the hands on training of BLS was a useful method to spread awareness,
Knowledge and to learn about emergency cardiac conditions.
the BLS training was able to inculcate the readiness and quick decision making abilities in the
population.