Comparison of instructor-led compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training for secondary school students: A multicenter noninferiority randomized trial.

Background: Many barriers exist to the wider and sustainable implementation of basic life support (BLS) training in secondary schools. Whether trained teacher instructors are not worse than healthcare instructors by 20% (noninferiority margin) of simulated BLS skills for secondary school students is unclear.

Methods: We conducted a two-armed, parallel, noninferiority, blinded, randomized controlled trial at four secondary schools in Hong Kong after teachers had undergone BLS training.

Non-resuscitative first aid training and assessment for junior secondary school students: A pre-post study.

School-based first aid interventions can contribute to the number of adults trained in first aid in the community over time but few studies have examined the effectiveness of teaching non-resuscitative first aid on knowledge, attitudes and skills. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal content and duration of first aid training for junior secondary students. The aim of this study was to evaluated the effectiveness of a 2.

Brief compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator course for secondary school students: a multischool feasibility study.

Objectives: This study assessed the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a 2-hour compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator (CO-CPRAED) course in secondary school students.

Design: Prospective pre-post feasibility study.

Setting And Participants: 128 students (12-15 years old) without prior basic life support (BLS) training at four secondary schools in Hong Kong.

A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): a prospective observational validation study.

Background: Patients with chest pain contribute substantially to emergency department attendances, lengthy hospital stay, and inpatient admissions. A reliable, reproducible, and fast process to identify patients presenting with chest pain who have a low short-term risk of a major adverse cardiac event is needed to facilitate early discharge. We aimed to prospectively validate the safety of a predefined 2-h accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) to assess patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome.