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Among the civilian population, a large group of professionals
is involved, and the number of health personnel asking for this
formation is growing. If the B-Con course is approved within
the medical academic itinere, this would without a doubt
increase the number of providers as well as the population
trained. Nevertheless, the shift from a sanitary target to the
general population is still under way.

The results obtained with the participation of the general civil-
ian population at the NSTBD ’18 event appeared satisfactory;
therefore, the hope is that, with the support of the adminis-
trations, it will be possbile to continue the path traced by the
NSTBD ’18 event, spreading a culture of awareness raising to
the issue for those who carry out activities and for those for
whom the skills could be determinant in case of need, such as
volunteer rescuers, teachers, mountain guides, to name a few.

Disclosure
The authors have indicated they have no financial relationship
relevant to this article to disclose. This article, its develop-
ment, and the data brought have been reviewed and approved
by the National Inspectorate of the Volunteer Military Corps
of the Italian Red Cross.

Author Contributions
All the authors provided training courses and collected the
data. VD and TL conceived the study concept, BM and LE
analyzed the data, VD wrote the first draft, and all the authors
read and approved the final manuscript.

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