Knowledge, practice, and attitude of basic life support among schoolteachers in Saudi Arabia
The study revealed that schoolteachers in Saudi Arabia demonstrated inadequate knowledge of BLS, with 88.8% classified as having poor or very poor knowledge. Awareness of the BLS term abbreviation was significantly higher among trained participants (85.3%). In first response to an unresponsive person, BLS-trained participants (39.2%) performed significantly better than untrained ones (26.1%) (<i>P</i> = 0.001). The Ministry of Education should evaluate policy reforms to mandate BLS training as a compulsory component of a teacher's certification.
Authors
- Mazen Homoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0518-3440)
- Gokul Krishna
- Sultan Alshehri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-9819)
- Mohammed Almekhlafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-8197)
- Ziyad M. Alshahrani
- Mohammed A. Almeshari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-9491)
- Faisal Turkestani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-0395)
- Ayedh D. Alahmari
- Layan Fahad Saaty
- Shuhd Qaid Mudhsh
- Tulin Hamzah Rizq
- Malak Mohammed Ghunaim
- Majed A. Alkahtani
- Jumana Rekan Aleasawi
Institutions
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Saud University (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- Batterjee Medical College
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2084_24
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00