The following provides details of learning outcomes and skills assessment for training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of
an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Learning outcomes for CPR
On completion of CPR training, the participant should be able to demonstrate resuscitation of an adult in cardiac arrest. This should be assessed during or at the end of the training, using a simulated incident and a resuscitation training manikin.
Adult CPR consists of the following steps, which should be performed sequentially:
- 1 Check for risks to the victim, any bystanders, and yourself
- 2 Assess the victim to be unresponsive
- 3 Shout for help
- 4 Open the airway
- 5 Establish absence of normal breathing
- 6 Alert the ambulance service
- 7 Perform chest compressions
- 8 Give rescue breaths
- 9 Maintain CPR with the correct ratio of chest compressions
- to rescue breaths
CPR assessment
| Skill |
The participant |
Yes |
No |
Ensure safety of
rescuer and victim |
Demonstrates assessment of safety
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| Check response |
Demonstrates shaking and shouting |
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| Call for help |
Demonstrates calling for help |
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| Open airway |
Demonstrates head tilt and chin lift |
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Assess breathing
|
Demonstrates looking, listening, and feeling for
normal breathing for no more than 10 seconds
whilst maintaining head tilt / chin lift |
|
|
Get help
|
Describes how to phone for the emergency
services |
|
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Chest
compressions |
Demonstrates effective chest compressions
(correct hand position, rate, and depth) |
|
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Rescue breaths
|
Demonstrates 2 effective rescue breaths
sufficient to cause the chest to rise and fall
as in normal breathing |
|
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Compression:
ventilation ratio |
Demonstrates 30 compressions to 2 breaths
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Minimises
interruptions
in CPR |
Demonstrates minimal interruption
in chest compressions
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| Sequence |
Demonstrates correct order / sequence of actions |
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Learning outcomes for use of an AED
On completion of training in the use of an AED the participant should be able to demonstrate the sequence of actions and skills required to use an AED during the simulated resuscitation of an adult victim who has suffered a cardiac arrest. This should be assessed during or at the end of the training, using a simulated incident and a resuscitation training manikin.
Use of an AED consists of the following sequence of actions:
- 1 Check for risks to the victim, any bystanders, and yourself
- 2 Assess the victim to be unresponsive and not breathing normally
- 3 Send someone for the AED and to call for an ambulance
- 4 Start CPR unless AED is immediately available
- 5 Switch on the AED and attach the AED pads
- 6 Follow the AED voice prompts
- 7 Ensure nobody touches the victim whilst the rhythm is being analysed
- 8 Safely deliver a shock to the victim
- 9 Resume CPR immediately, as guided by the voice prompts,
- starting with chest compressions
- 10 Minimise interruptions in chest compression
- 11 Continue as directed by voice / visual prompts
AED assessment
| Skill |
The participant |
Yes |
No |
| Activate AED |
Demonstrates switching AED on |
|
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Attach electrodes
|
Demonstrates attaching electrodes
in acceptable positions |
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Analyse rhythm
|
Allows rhythm analysis without touching
victim or AED |
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Deliver shock
|
Demonstrates rapid and safe delivery of
a single shock (including visual check
and verbal instruction to stand clear) |
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Following shock
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Resumes CPR immediately, as guided by
the voice prompts, starting with chest
compressions |
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| CPR |
Minimises interruptions in chest compressions |
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More information see:
http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/lrnOutcm.htm