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Ethical Implications Essay TAFE or technical qualification Primary School 4. Please indicate your family background (tick all that apply): Caucasian Asian African Australian Indigenous Other (please specify) ___________ 5. Height: __________ (in metres) 6. Weight: _____________ (in kg)? 7. Please indicate your current relationship status Single De facto relationship Married Separated/Divorced Widowed 8. In the past week, how many serves of fruit did you eat each day? 1 serve of fruit is equivalent to 1 medium sized piece of fruit (e.g., apple, orange, mango, mandarin, banana, pear, peach), 2 small pieces of fruit (e.g., apricots, kiwifruit, plums, figs), 8 strawberries, or ½ cup of fruit juice. _____ serves of fruit per day 9. In the past week, how many serves of vegetables did you eat each day? 1 serve of vegetables is equivalent to 1 medium potato, or ½ a medium sweet potato, or ½ cup of dark green leafy vegetables (e.g., cabbage, spinach, broccoli, or brussel sprouts), or 1 cup of other vegetables (e.g., lettuce, beans, lentils, peas, zucchini, cucumber, mushrooms). _____ serves of vegetables per day This section asks a series of questions about your thoughts about food and eating. For each statement below, please tick (?) the box that best describes your own opinion of what is generally true for you. Never/ Rarely true Sometimes true Often true Usually true Always true 1 I stop eating when I’m full even when eating something I love. ? ? ? ? ? Please circle the number that represents your level of agreement with each statement. SD = Strongly Disagree, D = Disagree, A = Agree, SA = Strongly Agree SD D A SA 1 I have fond memories of family food occasions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The following questions also ask you about your eating behaviour. Please indicate how frequently each question is true for you by circling the appropriate number. Never Seldom Sometimes Often Very often 1. Do you watch exactly what you eat? 1 2 3 4 5 2. Do you try to eat less at mealtimes than you would like to eat? 1 2 3 4 5 This next section involves answering questions about your consumption of beverages. To the best of your memory, click one box which best represents how much of each drink you have consumed in the past week. Please try to answer as accurately as possible for each drink. People exercise for a variety of reasons. When people are asked why they exercise, their answers are sometimes based on the reasons they believe they should have for exercising. What we want to know are the reasons people actually have for exercising. Please respond to the items below as honestly as possible. On a scale of 1, not at all important, through to 4, moderately important, to 7, extremely important, to what extent is each of the following an important reason that you have for exercising? HLTH3105 Major Assignment Out of hospital cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in Australia. Prior research has suggested that correctly delivered CPR can triple survival rates but is rarely performed. The current study sought to investigate how time since last CPR training influences self perceived confidence to perform CPR. Method Participants were conveniently sampled, with 30 questionnaires completed by Bachelor of Health Science Students at Flinders University. Data analysis was completed using SPSS, with analysis of the hypotheses performed using Pearson Correlations, using participant’s confidence to perform chest compressions and ventilations with time since last CPR training. A p value of less than .05 (two tailed) was considered statistically significant. Results The majority of participants felt ‘fairly confident’ to perform chest compressions (53.3%) and ventilations (56.7%) in an emergency situation. This could be related to the fact that over half (60%) of participants had completed CPR training less than 6 months ago. Participants were most concerned about a lack of confidence/not knowing how to perform CPR, followed by a fear of hurting the person, and reluctance to perform mouth to mouth contact because of health concerns. Conclusion This study provided an opportunity for Health Science students to express their views and experiences of emergency CPR training and provision. Responses to the questionnaires indicate that regular CPR training for the general population is worthwhile, as they are willing to retrain and use their CPR skills in an emergency. The data generated by these responses has identified areas of CPR training where practice could be improved, including education on the risks of CPR, the benefits of compression only CPR if the rescuer does not feel confident ventilating, and CPR training which focuses on and aids skill retention. Keywords: CPR; ventilations; compression only CPR; training HLTH3105 Major Assignment Introduction _____________________________________________________ Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality in Australia, and accounts for approximately 50% of cardiovascular related deaths (Mitchell, Stubbs & Eisenberg 2009). Emergency bystander CPR is vital in order to achieve successful outcomes for out of hospital cardiac arrests (Casper, Murphy, Weinstein & Brinsfield 2003). Delayed CPR greatly decreases the chances of survival, and as a result, substantial societal resources are focused on mass CPR training, and on innovative methods to provide and improve CPR to the wider population (Swor, Khan, Domeier, Honeycutt, Chu & Compton 2006). Further investigation is required to address the low rate of citizen-initiated CPR evident in many communities. Despite the resources provided, bystander CPR rates remain poor, with studies using prospective observational methods illustrating that only a minority of CPR trained bystanders perform CPR, with bystander panic identified as the most common reason for CPR non provision (Swor et al. 2006). Others have found that there may be psychological barriers such as a lack of confidence influencing individuals’ motivation to initiate CPR provision (Casper et al. 2003). Despite there being a large body of literature documenting the importance of bystander CPR and training methods, there are currently gaps in knowledge assessing the relationship between confidence […]