Knowledge, attitude and practice of basic life support among junior doctors and students in a tertiary care medical institute

Abstract

Background: Basic life support (BLS) is an integral part of health care. However, teaching of BLS is not yet a part of protocolized curriculum and uniform throughout. The present study is designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of BLS and compare it among trained and untrained medical students and junior doctors in a medical institute. Methods: After approval from Institute Ethical Committee and informed consent from the participant, the present study was conducted among the undergraduate-level medical and nursing students and junior doctors. A questionnaire consisting of 30 questions based on knowledge, attitude and practice of BLS was used to collect data which is evaluated as per scale defined for this study. Statistical significance was assessed using INSTAT software (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Zolla, USA). Results: Only 16.41% of all participants and 52% of doctors have received class and/or hands on training. The untrained participants have scored poorly as compared to trained participants in theoretical knowledge and practice of BLS (24.36 % and 53.45% versus 9.25 % and 24.07%) respectively. The mean score for both theoretical knowledge and practice of BLS for trained students was higher than that of the untrained participants and the statistical difference was highly significant-p<0.0001. Most of the participants of both trained and untrained group were having very good attitude towards BLS. Conclusions: Knowledge and practice skills of BLS/CPR are poor in medical and nursing students. A significant portion of trainees do not acquire adequate knowledge in a single session of training. An organised curriculum for BLS and its protocolized training is the need of the hour in medical education.

Knowledge and Attitude towards Basic Life Support among Health Care Professionals Working in Emergency of BPKIHS

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“…The lack of training has been emphasized as a contributory factor in many studies from around the region. 1,9,13 However, the retention of knowledge and skills after training is another major issue and different 23 studies have shown that knowledge declines even after few days after completion of the studies, and regular training and simulation keeps health care professionals competent and knowledgeable. 3,15,16 Our department conducts a basic emergency course regularly with an aim to improve the skill which was attended by 57% of the study subjects at the time of research.…”

Basic Life Support awareness among resident doctors, medical students, nursing experts, health care providers, and their assistants in Southwest Iran

“…The evaluations suggested that the cause of lower score in this category of people may be related to less educating of students. The importance of this issue is because some studies indicate that medical interns who passed CPR programs in their early education years, compared to other practitioners who study CPR in their late years of study, are more willing to improve their knowledge and skills [24,25]. In addition, Aroor showed that having knowledge about Mean score Figure 3.…”

Effectiveness Of Structured Training Programme Regarding Adult Basic Life Support On Knowledge Of Nurses` In Zoba Maekel And National Referral Hospitals, Eritrea, 2018.

“…Author details 1 Asmara College of health Sciences, School of Nursing, Asmara, Eritrea. 2 Dean Asmara College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea. 3 Orrota Medical Surgical National Referral Hospital, Emergency…”

“…Basic life support is a rst line of response to a cardiac arrest in the interim before de brillation and advanced life support are available and it's timely provision can save a precious life . [2,3] Both the European Resuscitation guidelines and the American Heart Association recommend that all hospital staff with patient contact should have regular resuscitation training. However, in Eritrea, there is no regulatory mandate for nurses to attend BLS instruction or re-certi cation programmes.…”