Imperial College London
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Dr P Boon Lim

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 2115p.b.lim Website

 
 
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Cardiology DepartmentBlock B Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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@article{Salciccioli:2017:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011436,
author = {Salciccioli, J and Marshall, D and Sykes, M and Wood, A and Joppa, S and Sinha, M and Lim, PB},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011436},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Basic Life Support Education in Secondary Schools: a cross-sectional survey in London, United Kingdom},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011436},
volume = {7},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Objectives: Basic life support (BLS) training inschools is associated with improved outcomes fromcardiac arrest. International consensus statements haverecommended universal BLS training for school-agedchildren. The current practice of BLS training inLondon schools is unknown. The aim of this studywas to assess current practices of BLS training inLondon secondary schools.Setting, population and outcomes: A prospectiveaudit of BLS training in London secondary schools wasconducted. Schools were contacted by email, and asubsequent telephone interview was conducted withstaff familiar with local training practices. Responsedata were anonymised and captured electronically.Universal training was defined as any programme whichdelivers BLS training to all students in the school.Descriptive statistics were used to summarise theresults.Results: A total of 65 schools completed the surveycovering an estimated student population of 65 396across 19 of 32 London boroughs. There were 5 (8%)schools that provide universal training programmes forstudents and an additional 31 (48%) offering training aspart of an extracurricular programme or chosenmodule. An automated external defibrillator (AED) wasavailable in 18 (28%) schools, unavailable in 40 (61%)and 7 (11%) reported their AED provision as unknown.The most common reasons for not having a universalBLS training programme are the requirement foradditional class time (28%) and that funding isunavailable for such a programme (28%). There were 5students who died from sudden cardiac arrest over theperiod of the past 10 years.Conclusions: BLS training rates in London secondaryschools are low, and the majority of schools do nothave an AED available in case of emergency. These datahighlight an opportunity to improve BLS training andAEDs provision. Future studies should assessprogrammes which are cost-effective and do not requiresignificant amounts of additional class time.
AU  - Salciccioli,J
AU  - Marshall,D
AU  - Sykes,M
AU  - Wood,A
AU  - Joppa,S
AU  - Sinha,M
AU  - Lim,PB
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011436
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2044-6055
TI  - Basic Life Support Education in Secondary Schools: a cross-sectional survey in London, United Kingdom
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011436
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/41042
VL  - 7
ER  -
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