Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22514/SV142.112018.6
Football referees as frst responders in cardiac arrest. Assessment of a Basic Life Support training program.
Cristina Jorge-Soto
; School of Nursing University of Santiago de Compostela Avda. de Xoán XXIII, s/n. (Campus Norte) 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
F FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ
Z GONZÁLEZ-GONZÁLEZ
FG FANDIÑO-REISSMANN
M OTERO-AGRA
R BARCALA-FURELOS
C ABELAIRAS-GÓMEZ
A RODRÍGUEZ-NÚÑEZ
Abstract
Aim. To assess football referees´ cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and automated external defbrillator (AED) use
in a simulated sport incident scenario, afer a brief training program.
Material and Methods. Quasi-experimental study with 35 amateur league football referees. A test – retest of related samples
was carried out afer the training program. Teoretical and hands-on session lasted 30 minutes, with 1/10 instructor/participant ratio. CPR skills were measured using Wireless Skill Report sofware and AED
use by means of a specifc check list. Results. A third of sample knew what an AED is but only 8% knew how to use it. After training, all participants achieved 70% or higher CPR quality scores and were able
to use AED properly (54.2% without any incidence). Mean time to discharge was shorter for participants who accomplished
the quality goal (p=0.022). Conclusions. Afer a very brief and simple
training program, football referees were able to perform a potentially efective CPR and use an AED correctly in a simulated
scenario. Basic life support training should be implemented in football referees´ formative curriculum.
Keywords
automated external defbrillator; referees; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; basic life support; training; sport; footbalL
Hrčak ID:
217599
URI
Publication date:
1.11.2018.
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