Evaluation of the Basic Life Support Training Provided to Search and Rescue Staff

Background This research aimed to assess the effect of theoretical and practical Basic Life Support training on the knowledge level of research and rescue staff who encounters lots of wounded people during their work. Methods Random pre-test - post-test control group pattern was used in the research. Thirty of the participants were untrained and they were selected for the experiment group whereas the other 30 with previous training were placed in the control group. Once all the participants were pre-evaluated, the experiment group received a 315-minute training. Then, both groups were taken through a post-test evaluation. Results It was found that the differences between the experimental group's BLS Knowledge Level and the Assessment Scale of the post-test and the pre-test were significantly higher than the differences between the control group's post-test and the pre-test results (p