Reliability in Assessing Basic Life Support Skills in infants by Utilizing Video Recordings

Background: In the assessment of Basic Life support Skills taught to the health workers, the use of video recordings can be utilized in the virtual learning environment if proved to be a reliable method. Aims: This study analyses whether video recording is a reliable tool in basic life support skills assessment. Materials and Methods: The health workers trained in basic life support skills were assessed while performing the skill on an infant manikin. The skill was recorded by a camera and was directly observed by an instructor who marked the performance on a BLS skill assessment instrument in the form of a numeric score as well as an overall pass fail score. The recordings were coded and two ALSG certified instructors viewed the video recordings independently, rating every BLS performance using the same assessment sheet that was used for on-site assessment. Results: There was good correlation between the two video assessments (ICC 0.957) as well as among the observed assessment and the two video assessments (ICC 0.973 with 95% CI; 0.959 – 0.982 and 0.957 with 95% CI; 0.934 – 0.971).