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Table 3 CPR skills description among those attended a previous BLS course and those who did not

From: Basic life support awareness among medical undergraduate students in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

Received training n (%)

Did not Receive training n (%)

Total n (%)

P valuea

Compression rate

Correct

248 (54.1%)

618 (37.3%)

866 (41%)

0.000

Not correct

210(45.6%)

1038(62.7%)

1248(59%)

Compression location

Correct

397 (86.7%)

1112 (67.1%)

1509 (71.4%)

0.000

Not correct

61(13.3%)

544(32.9%)

605(28.6%)

Compression depth

Correct

293 (64%)

794 (47.9%)

1087 (51.4%)

0.000

Not Correct

165(36%)

862(52.1%)

1027(48.6%)

Compression/ventilation ratio

Correct

378 (82.5%)

838 (50.6%)

1216 (57.5%)

0.000

Not Correct

70(17.5%)

818(49.4%)

898(42.5%)

  1. aChi-squared