How well are cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator skills retained over time?

School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, USA. Briegel@nursing.upenn.edu BACKGROUND: The current standard for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) retraining for laypersons is a four-hour course every two years. Others have documented substantial skill deterioration during this time period.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate 1) the retention of core CPR and AED skills among volunteer laypersons and 2) the time required to retrain laypersons to proficiency as a function of time since initial training. METHODS: This was an observational follow-up study evaluating CPR and AED skill retention and testing/retraining time up through 17 months after initial training. The study took place at 1,260 facilities recruited by 24 North American clinical research centers, and included 6,182 volunteer laypersons participating in the Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Trial.

Training to proficiency in either CPR only (N = 2,426) or CPR+ ... more.

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