Baker Heather K
School of Education, Aurora University, Aurora, IL.
J Sch Health. 2024 Dec;94(12):1111-1118. doi: 10.1111/josh.13517. Epub 2024 Oct 20.
This study explored the cardiac emergency preparedness of school employees in Illinois, as well as their attitudes toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.
One thousand two hundred seventy-six school employees completed an online survey regarding their school's cardiac emergency preparedness, as well as their access to CPR/AED training, confidence and willingness to perform CPR/AED, and attitudes toward CPR policies and mandates.
In total, results from 1273 school employees were analyzed. School employees in Illinois are not prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency, but desire training, plans, and drills. Demographic analyses revealed statistically significant differences in cardiac emergency preparedness between individuals of different personal and school characteristics.
School employees in Illinois are not prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency. To increase preparedness for cardiac emergencies at school, schools should implement CPR/AED training for all employees, cardiac emergency response plans, and cardiac emergency response drills.
IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY, PRACTICE, AND EQUITY: Policies should be implemented at the state and local level to support cardiac emergency preparedness in schools, including mandated CPR/AED training for all school employees, cardiac emergency response plans for every building, and required cardiac emergency response drills.
本研究探讨了伊利诺伊州学校员工的心脏急救准备情况，以及他们对心肺复苏术（CPR）和自动体外除颤器（AED）培训的态度。
1276名学校员工完成了一项在线调查，内容涉及他们学校的心脏急救准备情况、获得CPR/AED培训的情况、进行CPR/AED操作的信心和意愿，以及对CPR政策和要求的态度。
总共对1273名学校员工的结果进行了分析。伊利诺伊州的学校员工没有做好应对心脏紧急情况的准备，但渴望接受培训、制定计划和进行演练。人口统计学分析显示，不同个人和学校特征的个体在心脏急救准备方面存在统计学上的显著差异。
伊利诺伊州的学校员工没有做好应对心脏紧急情况的准备。为了提高学校对心脏紧急情况的应对能力，学校应该为所有员工实施CPR/AED培训、制定心脏应急响应计划并进行心脏应急响应演练。
对学校健康政策、实践和公平性的启示：应在州和地方层面实施相关政策，以支持学校的心脏急救准备工作，包括强制所有学校员工接受CPR/AED培训、为每栋建筑制定心脏应急响应计划以及要求进行心脏应急响应演练。
