Assessment on CPR Knowledge and AED Availability in Saudi Malls by Security Personnel: Public Safety Perspective

Table 1

The demographic features of the participants.

Characteristics	Result
Age	Mean 32.60 years (SD 10.02)
Gender
Male	178 (86%)
Female	29 (14%)
Level of education
Less than secondary education	56 (27.1%)
Secondary education	111 (53.6%)
College education	21 (10.1%)
University education	19 (9.2%)
Job title
Administrator	27 (13%)
Security personnel	180 (87%)
Receive any training covering CPR
Yes	50 (24.2%)
No	157 (75.8%)
Receive any training covering AED
Yes	10 (4.8%)
No	197 (95.2%)
Source of CPR and AED training
Web/computer	4 (1.9%)
Accredited CPR course	20 (9.7%)
Training books/written materials	1 (0.5%)
Video presentation	1 (0.5%)
Didactic lecture	8 (3.9%)
Internal institute training	16 (7.7%)
Witness cardiac arrest cases while working
Yes	22 (14%)
No	178 (86%)
AED device availability in workplace
Yes	0 (0%)
No	207 (100%)

SD = standard deviation; CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED = automated external defibrillator.