Effectiveness of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation performed by young adolescents on a mannequin

Bystanders are reluctant to perform basic life support (BLS) because of fear of failure and of infection, especially with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MTM). A possibility to enhance willingness could be the giving of MTM or BLS instructions at a very early age to the potential rescuers. The study a...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2005, Vol.23 (1), p.51-54
Main Authors: Sherif, Camillo, Erdös, Josef, Sohm, Michael, Schönbauer, Robert, Rabitsch, Werner, Schuster, Ernst, Frass, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Age Factors
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods
Child
Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care
Emergency medical care
Female
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Male
Manikins
Medical sciences
Performance evaluation
Quantitative analysis
Sex Factors
Software
Statistical analysis
Supervisors
Task Performance and Analysis
Tidal Volume - physiology
Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy
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Summary:Bystanders are reluctant to perform basic life support (BLS) because of fear of failure and of infection, especially with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MTM). A possibility to enhance willingness could be the giving of MTM or BLS instructions at a very early age to the potential rescuers. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of MTM with respect to ventilation and the time needed for performing 5 ventilations. In this study, MTM was performed on a mannequin by 57 children and adolescents aged 10 and 14 years. This study showed that 14-year-olds effectively perform MTM, reaching the recommended tidal volumes. Ten-year-old children have already developed sufficient motor skills for MTM with no significant time differences compared with the 14-year-olds. However, physical demands may be rather high at this age. Further long-term studies are needed to investigate clinical benefits of early teaching of MTM or BLS that may lead to international guidelines with low age limits.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2004.09.022