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Background & Objectives: Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure which was done both in hospital or pre-hospital in order to return life after clinical death. Although the most cardiac attacks happen out of hospital, but there are lack of existing studies related to CPR assessment in pre-hospital conditions. Then this study carried out in order to show the outcome of pre-hospital CPR procedures and its related factors in Medical Emergency Centers of Ardebil city. Method:This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 272 CPR cases in the Emergency Medical Center (EMS) in Ardabil, between 2012 and 2013. The researcher-made questionnaire was used. For data analyzing the descriptive and analytical statistical method such as the Chi-square test and the Chi-square details test were used with SPSS 16 software. The values of P<0.05 were considered significant. Results:The overall rate of successful CPR reported only 19.1%. The mean (SD) of patient's age was 74.19±79.60 years and the most of them (66.2%) were men. The most patients (64.3%), had heart problems as a chief complaint. From all CPRs, 83.1% and 11.5% were done in patient homes and public place respectively. There was no statistically significant relationship between the successful CPR with age (p=0.15), sex (p=0.44), the arrival time of emergency personnel to the scene (p=0.98) and patient's pulse rate (p=0.52). But there was statistically significant relationship between the successful CPR with underlying diseases (p=0.003), Location of CPR (P=0.002), patient blood pressure (p=0.00) and patient respiratory rate (p=0.04). Conclusion:According to the findings, the rate of successful CPR was at a low level in the pre-hospital that need to be investigated further about its cause and its related factors.

Introduction:Effective communication skill, along with other clinical skills, is one of the essential needs for students of different disciplines of medical science. According to studies, also this matter that students how learn to communicate with other people can help them be effective in educational quality. Due to the lack of study on this subject, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between students 'communication skills with their course satisfaction in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods:All midwifery and operating room students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences were entered into this analytical study. Data collection was performed through demographic questionnaire, Queen Dom communication skill and course satisfaction surveys. Data were analyzed by the SPSS18 software using descriptive and analytical statistics methods including t-test and Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient. Results:In this study, 98 people of operating room students and 89 people of midwifery students participated, which 38.5% of them were male and 61.5% of them were female. The average age of students was 21.07±1.68 years. Total mean of communication skills was 115±8 and course satisfaction was 58±11. Also, a significant relationship was found between student's communication skill and their course satisfaction (p≤0.001, r=0.42). Conclusion:In view of the direct relationship between students 'communication skills with their course satisfaction, to increase student's satisfaction with their course, taking steps to improve students' communication skills is essential.