Table 2.
Student perceptions regarding the risks to the rescuer from performing BLS
| Percentage of students |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I am concerned about disease transmission to the rescuer during BLS | 11 | 66 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| The risk from performing chest compressions is low | 17 | 51 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| The risk from performing mouth-to-mouth ventilation is low | 0 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 20 |
| The risk of infection transmission during mouth-to-mouth ventilation is greater now than it was before the SARS epidemic | 9 | 43 | 8 | 34 | 6 |
| The SARS epidemic has had no effect on my opinion regarding the safety of mouth-to-mouth ventilation | 3 | 23 | 3 | 54 | 17 |
| HIV is a greater risk to the rescuer than SARS during BLS | 0 | 3 | 29 | 37 | 31 |