Table 2.
Precourse questionnaire.
| Survey page, field, and question | Type of question | |
| 1—Demographics |
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Year of birth | Open (Regexa) |
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Gender | MCQb |
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Medical, biomedical, or dental medicine student | MCQ |
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Former student or graduate of another health care profession | MCQ |
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Target specialty | MCQ |
| 2—General BLSc knowledge |
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Ever heard of BLS or ACLSd before | Yes/no |
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Meaning of AEDe,f | Open |
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Year of the last BLS guidelines update | Open (Regex) |
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Phone number of the emergency medical communication centerf,g | Open |
| 3—Prior BLS experience |
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Prior BLS training | MAQh |
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Wish for additional BLS training | Yes/no |
| 4—Specific BLS knowledge |
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Criteria used to recognize OHCAf,g,i | MAQ |
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BLS-sequencef,g | Ordering |
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Artery for pulse assessmentf | MCQ |
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Compression depthf,g | MCQ |
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Compressions: ventilation ratiof | MCQ |
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Compression ratef,g | MCQ |
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Compression-only CPRf,g,j | Yes/no |
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Foreign body airway obstructionf | MCQ |
aA Regex validation rule was used to avoid invalid entries.
bMCQ: multiple choice question (only one answer accepted).
cBLS: basic life support.
dACLS: advanced cardiovascular life support.
eAED: automatic external defibrillator.
fItems used to calculate the 10-point score (initial BLS knowledge).
gItems used to calculate the 6-point score (essential BLS knowledge).
hMAQ: multiple answer question (more than one answer accepted).
iOHCA: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
jCPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.