CPR and the RCP (2). Training of Students and Doctors in UK Medical Schools

Overview

Journal J R Coll Physicians Lond

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1993 Oct 1

PMID 8289165

Citations 3

Authors

J H Gillard

T H Dent

B C Jolly

D A Wallis

B H Hicks

Affiliations

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Abstract

We asked British medical schools and teaching hospitals about the training they offer to medical students and hospital doctors in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The response rate was 96%. Training that is practical and consistent with guidelines is offered to nearly all students and house officers, often by consultants. Training for other junior doctors and consultants is much less common. The organisation of training is haphazard, and many hospitals have no resuscitation training officers. As a result, few doctors receive the frequent retraining needed to maintain competence in managing cardiopulmonary arrest.

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