To understand the current status of public knowledge of automated external defibrillator (AED) and their willingness to use public AED in Hubei Province, along with the influencing factors. A self-designed questionnaire was used for convenience sampling of the public in Hubei Province. The questionnaire consists of three parts: basic information, AED knowledge questions, and willingness to use public AED and influencing factors. Data was collected between May 2022 and March 2023. A total of 1561 valid questionnaires were collected from 1602 distributed. In the study conducted in Hubei Province, it was found that 875 respondents (56.05%) had knowledge of automated external defibrillator, and they achieved an average score of 39.27 ± 29.17. The pass rate for the survey was 28.11%. Several factors were identified as significant influencing factors, including gender, age, education level, occupation related to medicine, residential location in the past three years, family members with cardiovascular disease, marital status, residential population density, whether there are family members over 65 years old, and participation in AED-related training (P < .05).Furthermore, 692 respondents (72.99%) expressed their willingness to cardiopulmonary resuscitation for someone experiencing cardiac arrest. On the other hand, 686 respondents (43.95%) had no knowledge of AED. Among those who were not willing to perform defibrillation, the highest percentages cited “fear of incorrect use” (129, 31.2%) and “fear of harming the patient” (121, 29.3%) as their reasons. The study also found statistically significant differences in the willingness to use public AED based on participation in training, education level, residential location, family members with cardiovascular disease, population density, and the presence of elderly family members aged 65 or over (P < .05). In conclusion, the study highlights the general lack of public knowledge regarding AED in Hubei Province. However, there is a strong willingness among respondents to provide help during cardiac arrest situations. To improve the chances of survival for cardiac arrest patients, it is crucial to strengthen public AED training programs.

The Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice (RCDP) is a simulation-based training approach that gradually enhances muscle memory through repeated practice and targeted feedback in real-life situations. This article aims to investigate the RCDP training method's effectiveness based on feedback in assessing nursing students' cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality. The study included 48 nursing students from a particular school's 2020 cohort. The students were randomly divided into two groups using computerized randomization. The experimental group (Group A, n=24) used the RCDP method to simulate CPR under the guidance of a teacher, while the control group (Group B, n=24) used traditional methods for practice. The students received one hour of theoretical training and two hours of practical training. Knowledge questionnaires were distributed before and after the theoretical training, and the SimPad Plus was used to collect student assessment data after the practical training. The quality of the skills assessment of the two groups was compared, including the number of compressions, average compression depth, compression recoil pass rate, compression depth pass rate, compression frequency, number of ventilations, ventilation volume, and student satisfaction with teaching. The results showed statistically significant differences in the pass rates between the two groups in terms of total compressions, compression frequency, ventilations, and total ventilations (P<0.01). The experimental group had a higher pass rate of compression recoil than the control group (P<0.01), a shorter average interrupt time during compression (P<0.01), and a higher pass rate of compression depth (P<0.01). The CPR quality of nursing students was improved, enabling them to perform CPR more accurately and effectively. Learner feedback was positive, indicating that they believed the experience would improve their clinical performance. In conclusion, the RCDP training method based on SimPad Plus feedback, through expert feedback, repeated practice, and real-time feedback from simulated patients, is beneficial in improving the quality of CPR among nursing students.r of 60-point.