Out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a position statement of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine

Isma’eel, Hussain; Noureddine, Samar; Mohammad, Malek; Zgheib, Ali; Arbid, Samer Abou; Njeim, Mario; Nasr, Samer; Bassil, R; Sarkis, Anthony; Saleh, Bernard Abi; Sayed, Mazen El

doi:10.21037/cdt.2019.11.04

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“…42 A similar population based intervention that is stalling is related to the reducing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest where legislation to pass a Good Samaritan law equivalent is slow and till now there is no central office at the ministry of public health that governs and coordinates the deployment of public automated external defibrillators or coordinates the work of various emergency response teams. 43 These examples are worth full investigation as to what should have been done to avoid another failure in any other population based intervention. This is essential to build public trust.…”

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Reforming Healthcare Practice in View of the Economic Crisis in Lebanon: The Case of Cardiovascular Care

2020

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Since the fall of 2019, Lebanon has been facing an economic crisis that has imposed many challenges on its healthcare system in its entirety. In this review, we propose a methodology to inform healthcare policy and apply it on cardiovascular disease (CVD) healthcare with emphasis on ischemic heart disease (IHD). The main goal of this methodology is reducing unnecessary expenditure while maintaining quality and access. CVD, and particularly IHD, is the most common reason for hospitalizations in Lebanon. Lebanon also has a high density of catheterization labs, higher than countries with higher prevalence of disease. Additionally, we found coronary to be are more expensive in comparison to other countries. To reduce healthcare costs without compromising quality and access we propose solutions targeting healthcare financing, payment for services, healthcare organizations, behaviors of providers, payers, and patients, and above all government regulation.

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Reforming Healthcare Practice in View of the Economic Crisis in Lebanon: The Case of Cardiovascular Care

2020

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Knowledge and attitude of the young population towards sudden cardiac arrest: A cross-sectional study

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Damaj

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The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Towards better out‐of‐hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A survey of nurses

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Avedissian

Khatib

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Objectives: To examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in Lebanon regarding out-of-hospital resuscitation, compare hospital nurses to those who work in community settings on the variables of interest, determine the nurses' willingness to attempt resuscitation in the community and identify predictors of their willingness.Background: Only 5.5% of victims survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Lebanon.There is no national guideline for cardiopulmonary resuscitation nor a policy for nurses' training in resuscitation in Lebanon for neither in-hospital nor out-of-hospital settings. However, some hospitals have their own policies. Methods:A cross-sectional descriptive design was used with a cluster sample of 692 working nurses. A 28-item questionnaire developed for this study was mailed to the nurses. Data were analysed with correlational and multivariable regression analyses.The STROBE checklist for observational studies was used in reporting this study. Results: Most nurses received cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, but 19.8% did not renew their certification in the past two years, because of limited training centres and lack of time. Only one third of the sample knew the first step to be taken in an arrest, yet 61% knew the compression-to-breath ratio. Nurses who work in community settings had significantly less frequent training in resuscitation than hospital nurses. Most nurses were willing to resuscitate in the community. In deciding to perform out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the nurses were mostly influenced by their training, courage, recent practice, policy, fear of infection and hesitation to do mouth-to-mouth breathing. Receiving training, fear of being sued, religious beliefs, geographic location and believing in the importance of training laypeople in resuscitation predicted the nurses' willingness to perform resuscitation in the community. Conclusion: Lebanon needs a national policy on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, regular training of all nurses and a Good Samaritan law. Relevance to clinical practice: This study informs policy related to nurses' training in out-of-hospital resuscitation.| 3037 NOUREDDINE Et al.

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Out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a position statement of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Reforming Healthcare Practice in View of the Economic Crisis in Lebanon: The Case of Cardiovascular Care

Reforming Healthcare Practice in View of the Economic Crisis in Lebanon: The Case of Cardiovascular Care

Knowledge and attitude of the young population towards sudden cardiac arrest: A cross-sectional study

Towards better out‐of‐hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A survey of nurses

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