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A first aid and CPR course for first‐year medical students
Author(s) -
NELSON M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1982.tb01211.x
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary resuscitation , certification , first aid , medical education , course (navigation) , basic life support , medical emergency , emergency medical services , medicine , first class , psychology , emergency medicine , resuscitation , engineering , computer science , political science , law , data mining , aerospace engineering
Summary A 24‐hour course in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been developed for the first‐year medical students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The objective of the course was to train students to handle common emergencies out of a hospital setting and with no special equipment. It was expected that students would become competent to perform CPR at a level equal to or better than that required by the American Red Cross (ARC) for certification. In the past three years approximately 99% of each first‐year class has been certified. The majority of the course is taught by medical students who are certified ARC Instructors in Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care and CPR.