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Objective
To explore the level of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge among allied health professions (AHPs) students and its associated factors.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional study assessing CPR knowledge among AHP students. A multidisciplinary expert panel designed a survey, which then was piloted to 20 potential participants. The...
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... majority of trained students were trained at the university (57.9%), followed by schools (17.9%), private work or non-governmental organisations (16.8%) or selflearning/private centres (7.4%). Figure 1 includes the top five barriers that participants indicated for their inability to take the CPR training. The top causes were unknown training locations (33.0%) and the lack of time (32.1%). ...
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... Another study among allied health university students in Jordan revealed poor CPR knowledge, emphasizing the need for targeted awareness programs and mandatory training courses [16]. Similarly, among Iranian medical interns, insufficient knowledge and practical skills for performing CPR were found due to a lack of training opportunities and dedicated emergency medicine wards [17]. ...
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Health assistants play a crucial role in healthcare delivery, particularly in remote and rural areas of Nepal. They should have adequate lifesaving and resuscitation skills. Therefore, assessing their cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge is essential.
Objective
To evaluate the knowledge of CPR among health assistants (HAs) in Nepal and explore if there were variations in knowledge scores based on the demographic characteristics of the participants.
Methods
A quantitative cross-sectional research design was used. The study population included HAs registered with the Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC) who completed three years of training. Non-probability convenience sampling was employed. Data was collected using an online survey based on the 2020 American Heart Association guidelines. Demographic information and participants’ knowledge levels were noted.
Results
The study involved 500 HAs, with the majority being male and working in government hospitals. Most participants were from Madhesh Province, and the median age was 26 years. Only a fraction of the participants had received training in CPR, and none of them had ever performed CPR. The median knowledge scores were higher among males and among respondents from Madhesh, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudhurpaschim provinces. The HA’s knowledge of the correct depth of CPR compression for children (21%) and infants (17.4%) was limited. CPR scores were different according to variables like training, theory understanding, and practice duration, among others. The findings highlighted the need for more practical training and regular refresher courses to enhance HAs ability to provide life-saving interventions.
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... [4][5][6] Studies have found that CPR training increases the willingness of bystanders to perform CPR. [6][7][8] It has been, also, reported that targeted CPR training that increases bystander CPR would substantially improve the survival rates after OHCA. 2 Schoolteachers are a targeted population for CPR training. 9 10 For instance, a study conducted in Northern Belgium found that 25% of the participated schoolteachers witnessed cardiac arrest. ...
... 19 and 15.2% 20 in Saudi Arabia. Previous studies in Jordan indicated a training rate of 21.5% among healthcare students, 8 29.2% among university students 21 and 29% among the public. 7 However, none of these studies was conducted on schoolteachers who account for over 130 000 working on over 7000 schools across the country. ...
... 22 The questionnaire A new questionnaire was developed specifically for this study based on the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines and previous studies. 8 The drafted questionnaire was reviewed and approved by a multidisciplinary expert panel (four professors in the field of nursing and paramedicine). To ensure readability and understanding of all terminologies, the questionnaire was pilot tested by 10 participants and was then minimally modified according to the received feedback from participants. ...
Objectives
This study aimed to assess the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge and willingness of schoolteachers in Jordan.
Design
This was a cross-sectional study conducted using an online questionnaire.
Setting
For inclusion in this study, schoolteachers must be currently teaching at any level in schools across the country. Responses were collected from 1 April 2021 to 30 April 2021.
Participants
All schoolteachers actively working in public or private schools were included in our study.
Primary and secondary outcome measures
Continuous variables were summarised as means and SD, whereas categorical variables were reported as frequencies and percentages (%). A χ ² test for independence, independent sample t-tests and analysis of variance were used appropriately. A p-value less than 0.05 was used to determine statistical significance.
Results
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Conclusions
Schoolteachers in Jordan possess limited knowledge of CPR. However, the study participants showed a positive attitude towards performing CPR. The study revealed that they were more inclined to provide hands-only CPR than standard CPR. Policymakers and public health officials can take advantage of these findings to incorporate CPR training programmes for schoolteachers, either as a part of their undergraduate studies or as continuing education programmes with an emphasis on hands-only CPR.
... The study questionnaire was adapted from two previously published studies [11,12]; In these studies, the questionnaire was proven valid and reliable through a multi-step validation system which included students and an expert panel of professionals The expert panel approved a final version of the survey. A multidisciplinary expert group, including academics, developed the questionnaire by utilizing the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, as well as previous studies and clinical and academic experience. ...
Introduction:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is important for students of health professions to learn and be prepared to perform. Colleges have a responsibility to provide adequate training for their students to ensure that they are ready and confident to deal with life-threatening situations. However, studies have shown that some graduates and practitioners lack sufficient knowledge in performing CPR. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of health professions students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) who have started clinical practice. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in February 2022 and included health professions students in all academic years, including interns and residents, across colleges of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA. The study questionnaire consisted of three sections: attitudes, knowledge, and demographics. The attitudes section included 11 questions, while the knowledge section included 10. The demographic section included university level, Grade Point Average (GPA), CPR training status, willingness to learn CPR, witnessing CPR, and family history of cardiac disease. Statistical analysis was conducted using chi-squared tests, t-tests, two-sample proportion tests, ANOVA, and bivariate correlation analyses.
Results:
The mean age of the participants was 21.2 (±1.9) years. Participants had a mean knowledge score of 5.1 (±1.8) out of 10 potential points. Also, the participants had a total attitude score of 42.7 (±6.2) out of 55 potential points.
Conclusion:
The study highlights the importance of CPR training for healthcare providers and the need for ongoing training to maintain knowledge and skills. The results suggest that attitudes towards providing CPR may be influenced by cultural beliefs and fear of liability or disease transmission. Higher participant GPA and positive attitudes towards chest compressions and CPR training were found to be associated with increased knowledge.
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Background and aims
Basic life support (BLS) training rates vary widely worldwide, and there is a general scarcity of surveys that assess students’ knowledge and awareness of BLS in middle eastern nations. This study aims to evaluate medical students’ knowledge and awareness towards basic life support.
Methods
A cross-sectional study, using an online web-based questionnaire, assessing BLS awareness and knowledge, was conducted from 3 to 30 November 2021. The study included 2114 medical students from Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. The questionnaire consisted of three sections: demographic baseline characteristics, knowledge about BLS, and ability to apply basic life support. A binominal logistic regression was done between the total score and other demographic characteristics to determine if we could predict the research sample's appropriate knowledge of BLS level.
Results
There was a moderate knowledge of BLS and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills among participating students with an average score of 19.67 (0–34). Seventy-eight of the participants (1656) stated that they have not attended a basic life support course. There was a significant difference between the participants from different countries, where the mean score in Syria, Jordan, and Iraq was 18.3, 24.3, and 18.8, respectively (p < 0.05). Considering the level of knowledge, 18.3%, 72.8%, and 8.9% of the participants had a high, intermediate, and low level, respectively. Furthermore, students who took a BLS course had a higher level of knowledge than those who did not, with an odds ratio of 5.168 (p value < 0.0001).
Conclusion
The overall knowledge of medical students’ basic life support knowledge is insufficient and need to be greatly improved. According to this study, previous participation in basic life support training had a positive effect on knowledge level. As a result, universities must establish basic life support programs as quickly as possible.
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Although first aid should be common knowledge for healthcare professionals, medical students still have gaps in this area. Simulation-based first-aid courses can overcome these shortcomings. To better understand the impact of these courses, they need to be researched both in terms of learning outcomes and overall participant perception. We conducted fifteen semi-structured interviews with students who completed the First-Aid Simulation Course or the Practical First-Aid Course. The questions focused on the perception of communication, emotional aspects, teamwork, debriefing and the overall administration of the courses. To find the answers to the research questions, we used the qualitative descriptive study design following the principles of inductive thematic analysis. Our findings confirm that many factors impact the performance of students in crisis situations during a simulation-based first-aid course. Four main themes were identified through which the participants perceived the simulation-based first-aid courses. These were team dynamics, fidelity perception, emotional strain and debriefing.
... A cross-sectional study conducted among medical studies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2019 indicated that the mean (standard deviation) and median (P75) scores of the total knowledge were 37.86 (13.92) and 37.04 (44.44) out of 100, respectively, demonstrating that none of the parameters that were studied had a statistically significant link with knowledge level (Alghamdi et al., 2021). Additionally, a study among Jordanian health university students found that participants' mean CPR knowledge score was 3.9 (1.7) out of 10 possible points and trained participants' mean score was greater than that of the untrained participants (4.6 (±1.6) vs 3.8 (±1.6), p<0.001) (Oteir et al., 2019). ...
... However, unlike trained personnel, laypersons may sometimes be reluctant to perform CPR for a variety of reasons, including emotional distress, inability to recognize cardiac arrest, inability to perform CPR, concerns about harming the patient, and fear of sexual accusations from victim misconduct is a woman (Metelmann et al., 2021;Oteir et al., 2019;Scapigliati et al., 2021;Taramarcaz et al., 2022). Quality chest compressions, minimal intervention timing and early external defibrillation is critical for survival with good neurologic outcomes in patients with cardiacarus (CA) as outlined in current resuscitation guidelines. ...
... Because of this, trained professionals or students can perform early CPR, initiate resuscitation attempts, and speed access to prehospital and definitive care (Han et al., 2021;Mao et al., 2021;Oteir et al., 2019;Taramarcaz et al., 2022). This can lead to higher survival rates and improve treatment outcomes. ...
... Additionally, students' CPR knowledge was assessed, who indicated that 27% of participants had received BLS training. The study also reported similar results where CPR knowledge was associated with prior CPR training, despite their low overall level of knowledge (Mao et al., 2021;Oteir et al., 2019;Scapigliati et al., 2021;Teng et al., 2020). Other international studies also reported that trained individuals were more willing and confident in performing bystander CPR. ...
The Banjar Regency area is prone to flooding and is one of the disaster areas that can cause casualties and stress that triggers an increase in cardiovascular disease sufferers. This condition requires community preparedness for emergencies. The purpose of this community service activity is to train partners skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills to be able to help victims of cardiac or respiratory arrest. The first implementation of this community service activity is carrying out an initial test to recognize emergency signs in heart and lung attacks, then providing an introduction to the concept of heart and lung emergency through lecture methods, discussion, and sharing related to real events of cardiopulmonary arrest in the community, then the final stage is evaluation of student abilities. The target of this community service activity was 40 students who are members of the High School Youth Red Cross in Martapura City, Banjar Regency. The results of this community service activity students understand material related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and providing basic life support counseling has a significant effect on student knowledge. Through this activity, students are expected to be able to provide a pre-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation, and students can disseminate information to those closest to them.
... cost (14.1%), lack of interest (12.3%) and lack of availability (8.4%) being reported as barriers to CPR training [23]. A qualitative study that enrolled 25 school leadership members and teachers from eight schools in Denmark identified three key themes as barriers to CPR training. ...
Background
Sudden cardiac arrest can occur unexpectedly in any person and at any place including at medical schools. Improved outcomes after cardiac arrest are dependent on the initiation of early first responder high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and rapid defibrillation. There is a lack of data pertaining to the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of non-medical staff at medical schools regarding CPR. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of non-medical staff employed at a medical school in South Africa regarding CPR.
Methods
In this cross-sectional survey study, a paper-based questionnaire was administered to non-medical staff (i.e., all staff without a medical [MBBCh or equivalent] or nursing degree) employed at the medical school. Data were collected between August 1 and October 25, 2020.
Results
The final study sample comprised 150 participants. Of these, 103 (68.7%) were female, 109 (72.7%) were ≤ 40 years old, 62 (41.3%) had a postgraduate university degree, 72 (48.0%) had witnessed a medical emergency at the medical school premises and 46 (30.7%) had previously undertaken first aid or CPR training. The mean (SD) knowledge score was 4.4 ± 1.6 out of 10 with only 25 (16.7%) participants knowing what the first thing was to look out for during a medical emergency and 28 (18.7%) participants knowing the location of the automated external defibrillator. Most participants (n=136, 90.7%) indicated that CPR training should be mandatory for all employees.
Conclusion
Non-medical staff surveyed displayed suboptimal knowledge but positive attitudes and perceptions toward CPR. Although this was a single-center study, these results can be used to motivate CPR training of non-medical staff at all medical schools.
... Moreover, 94.9% of the participants reported that it is necessary to be trained and learn about CPR, and 86.5% stated they would like to attend these courses if they were provided free of cost. Moreover, 37.7% thought that CPR training courses should be conducted in companies, 34.8% stated that these should be conducted in schools, 17.1% endorsed conducting them in hospitals, and 10.4% reported that the skills should be acquired by self-study ( ...
... Three-quarters of our participants had an inadequate level of knowledge regarding CPR. This low awareness was also reported in some previous studies [32][33][34]. Moreover, having previous CPR training was a factor affecting the participants' knowledge. ...
Background and objective
Basic Life Support (BLS) is critical because it keeps patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries alive and maintains viability until a team of paramedics or hospital staff can provide expert care. There are many events that can result in serious injury and cause a person to stop breathing. BLS awareness among the population who have relatives with heart diseases greatly increases their confidence to act quickly when necessary and reduces their level of hesitation. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the level of clinical competence in the population who have relatives with heart diseases for them to recognize and respond to individuals in need of BLS in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.
Methodology
We conducted a quantitative, observational, and analytical cross-sectional study to achieve our objective. The targeted population involved only Saudis. The study was conducted electronically using social network apps in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire evaluated if the subject had a family member with heart disease. Data collected included sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge and awareness about BLS as related to specific objectives.
Results
Of the 414 participants, 58.8% were females; 33.3% were between the ages of 40-49 years, and 30.7% were between 18-29 years old. The prevalence of participants who reported participating in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training was 19.8%. The main reasons for not participating in these training were a lack of knowledge about the courses (60.5%), being too busy (16.2%), and thinking that they did not need them (12.3%). Being younger than 29 years in age was one of the factors associated with participating in CPR training [odds ratio (OR): 11.85, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.54-91.42, p=0.017] versus those aged over 59 years. Gender was significantly associated with the rate of participation in CPR training: females had significantly lower rates of participation than males (15.2% vs. 25.7%, OR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.32-0.84, p=0.008). Of note, 25.5% of the participants had adequate knowledge regarding CPR. Having trained in CPR was significantly associated with a higher level of knowledge among the participants (1.82-fold) (OR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.08-3.06, p=0.023).
Conclusion
Based on our findings, there is limited awareness and training related to CPR among people with relatives suffering from cardiac diseases in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. This may be associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality related to heart diseases in the region.
... Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of death worldwide, and early intervention with high quality BLS improves a victim's chances of survival [4,14,15] .A patient in cardiac arrest is treated by early CPR and early defibrillation and administration of Emergency Drugs [3,16,17,18] .Steps in CPR, Locate the carotid pulse behind the trachea on the side of the neck. A pulse may be hard to detect. ...
Background:Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of death worldwide, and early intervention withhigh quality BLS improves a victims chances of survival. A patient in cardiac arrest is treated by early CPR and early defibrillation and administration of Emergency Drugs. Therefore, Every Health Care Professional student should be Knowledgeable about cardiac arrest and its management to save the precious life of patient. Objective:To assess the Knowledge of Cardiac Arrest and its management among Health Care Professional Students andto educate and create awareness and Knowledge about Cardiac arrest and its management among Heath Care Professional Students Methodology:A cross sectional study conducted in Chennai and Kanchipuram, from July 9th 2022 to September 9th 2022.Permission was obtained from IEC a well-organized questionnaire was executed with 23 items using the Google Forms. Pre- structured questions were pre-validated by Experts. Google form contains the details such as socio-demographic, knowledge and its management-based questions. The Completed data was collected, entered in excel sheet and the results was analyzed with the proper statistical method. Results:According to the statistical analysis of data received, it results, only 4% (21 participants) of health care professional students have good knowledge about cardiac arrest and its management, only 36% (188 participants) of health care professional students have adequate knowledge about cardiac arrest and its management and 60% (316 participants) of health care professional students have inadequate knowledge about cardiac arrest and its management. Conclusion: This study highly suggests thattraining programs, simulation-based trainings, seminars and Lecture, etc.… need to be organized to the health care professional students to make them gainknowledge about cardiac arrest and its management to save the precious lives.
