Pericherla Satyanarayana Raju, Vydadi Seetha Rama Raju, Patta Saroj
BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were- 1. To know how effective inception of ‘Basic life support training’ will be in 3rd semester MBBS students and its output efficacy. 2. To know the efficacy of early inception of basic life support training. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was done on 120 MBBS students of 3rd semester in Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam. Basic life support workshop was conducted, and CPR skills were demonstrated both theoretically and practically with the support of DR. NTR UHS and American Heart Association material A/V based Program. A pretest and Post test was conducted to evaluate the outcome after the program. RESULTS The pretest results of the students was 10.64 ± 2.46 (Mean ± SD) and posttest are 18.28±1.06 (Mean ± SD) and was compared using paired t test with a p value of <0.0001 which is highly statistically significant. CONCLUSION The above study confirms that BLS training can be introduced early in the MBBS curriculum which can be useful for undergraduates during their internship rather keeping it in the tenure of internship
