Effectiveness of Blended Learning Basic Life Support (Bls) Training on Knowledge of Nursing Students

Cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of heart function, the time of its occurrence isunpredictable and very quickly. Cardiac arrest events require a Chain Of Survivalaction, one of them is ability to do Basic Life Support (BLS) Skill. The number ofnursing students were quite large, most of their time was spent in the community,giving them the opportunity to act as first responders in OHCA cases in thecommunity. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of BLS trainingon increasing knowledge first aid in cardiac arrest. The research design was pre-experimental with a sample consist of 229 students using a total samplingtechnique. The variables studied were knowledge before and after BLS training.Knowledge was assessed using a questionnaire. Statistical test using Wilcoxon SignRank Test. The results showed that the average pretest was 43.41 and the post-testaverage was 77.24. The value of p = 0.000 (<0.05) which means that there is aneffect of Basic Life Support (BLS) training on knowledge of cardiac arrest first aid.Several factors behind the results were exposure to initial information, moduleprovision and video and simulation methods. The research expected to bedeveloped by providing a control group and cross sectional design.