The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal
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Niger Postgrad Med J · Jul 2015
Impact of basic life support training on the knowledge of basic life support in a group of Nigerian Dental Students.
Aim and Objetive: The burden of cardiac arrest remains enormous globally. Early recognition and prompt and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation are crucial to successful outcome following a cardiac arrest. This study assessed the impact of basic life support (BLS) training on the knowledge of a group of dental students. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that the group of dental students' knowledge of BLS was very poor prior to the BLS training. The study also showed that the BLS training had a positive influence on the BLS knowledge of the participants.