Increasing Self-Efficacy and Bystander CPR Rates:A Train-the-Trainer Program

ABSTRACT Purpose Increase the number of community members within underserved areas trained in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BCPR), increase their self-efficacy levels to perform BCPR, and implement a train-the-trainer program for community leaders. Design Quantitative, before-and-after design. Methods Participants completed BCPR training with automatic feedback device mannequins and completed pre and post-training surveys to measure self-efficacy levels. Findings All survey questions showed statistically significant increases from pre to post using both a paired t-test (p < 0.001) and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test (p < 0.01). Conclusions Targeting BCPR training to underserved areas by community leaders, combined with the use of automatic feedback mannequins, is a unique way to increase self-efficacy levels and the number of community members trained to perform BCPR during an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Clinical Evidence Free BCPR trainings led by community leaders increases BCPR training rates and participants’ self-efficacy levels to deliver BCPR to a victim during an OHCA.