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Training of Laic Blind Subjects to Basic Life Support Manoeuvres



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Vito Carnicelli¹ and Federico Ruta²

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DOI:10.17265/2328-7136/2018.03.009

1. RN Unifoggia, Via Luigi Centola 17, Bitonto 70032, Bari, Italy
2. RN, MSN, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Piazzale Verano 7, Rome 00185, Italy

Heart attack is an extremely urgent medical condition which may occur at any time and can affect anybody and means the failure of the pump function of the heart and it represents the condition which brings to death. The aim of this study is the training, which is the acquisition of knowledge, abilities and skills as a result of education and practice in a certain discipline and this project has been created to make as accessible to all as possible the information about the identification and treatment of heart attack. However, the key objective has been involving only laic blind subjects in the trial and theoretical-practical course to support vital functions (BLS (basic life support)), to demonstrate that in a state of emergency, like a heart attack, even a subject affected by visual impairment, if properly trained, can be very helpful and can contribute to save a life. Fifteen partially sighted and sightless executors have participated in this study. In order to evaluate learning objectives of the course, participants have completed a pre-course test to examine these areas: cognitive and emotional, motivational, theoretical-practical; while, at the end of the course, participants have completed a comment card about the course. At the end of this study it can be seen that blind subjects do not present any type of limitation in the learning and in the execution of BLS manoeuvres after an appropriate training.

Heart attack, blindness, training for blind people, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), Basic Life Support manoeuvres, nurse training.