Basic life support education at Osaka Dental University Dental School
A report of 15 years of outcomes
2020 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 199-203
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2020 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 199-203
Osaka Dental University started a basic life support (BLS) course for healthcare providers and clerical employees of affiliated hospitals, dental students, and those from dental hygiene schools based on a new concept in August 2004. The new curriculum was adopted to: incorporate automated external defibrillator (AED) training, to include training to relieve an obstructed airway, to make sure that each instructor teaches 5 or fewer students using one manikin and one AED training device, to start skills testing, to use textbooks, to specify requirements for instructors, to use DVD media, and to use pocket face masks. The participants included 4,154 (49.5%) students of our dental school, 1,914 (22.8%) dental hygiene school students in clinical training, 396 (4.7%) dental residents trained at affiliated hospitals, 582 (6.9%) faculty members of our school, and 1,353 (16.1%) dental professionals from outside the school. The number of participants each year was between 350 and 700, except in 2004 and 2020, when the duration of the course was shorter than 12 months. The importance of BLS education will continue to increase as society ages. (J Osaka Dent Univ 2020; 54: 199-203)
