Background : Evidence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance\nhas driven interest in procedures, e.g., debriefing to improve CPR quality.\nAim: To investigate retention of skills with and without debriefing 3-months\nafter CPR training on high-fidelity manikins (HFM) among participants involved\nin the â??Heart Safe City Initiativeâ? event (HSCI) in Makkah, Saudi\nArabia. Methodology : A randomized controlled design was used during October\n2017-January 2018. Participants were divided into two groups: an intervention\ngroup to receive debriefing after CPR (debriefing group or â??subjectsâ?),\nand a non-intervention group (â??controlsâ?). Participants were tested repeatedly:\nbefore training (pre-training test), immediately after and 3-months\nafter training (retention or late test); and scores for each test were recorded.\nResults : The studyâ??s subjects and controls did not vary by age, sex, nationality,\nand professionâ??s criteria (p > 0.05, all analyses). The mean retention posttests\nscores significantly varied between subjects and controls [t (df = 200) =\n27.7, p < 0.0001)]; however, the two groups did not vary in their immediate\nscore levels (mean ranks: 106.77 v. 95.68, p = 0.18). Further, the immediate\nposttest scores were significantly higher than the pretestsâ?? within the study\npopulation as a whole group ..............................
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