Awareness and Knowledge of Basic Life Support among Intern Doctors, Medical Students and Nursing Staff in Tertiary Care Hospital in West India
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: To study the level of awareness and knowledge of BLS among Intern Doctors as well as undergraduate students of medical profession and nursing staff in Government Medical College, Surat. Diagnosis, effective management and prevention of life-threatening emergencies are the responsibility of health-care professionals. Life-threatening emergencies can be successfully managed by achieving accurate BLS skills. It was a cross-sectional study was conducted with the help of case record pro forma which included basic questions related to BLS. Out of 273 responders 99 were intern doctors, 90 medical students, and 84 were from nursing staff. Among them 128 were male and 148 were female responders. The overall mean score of awareness was 11.37 + 3.27 (score range 0–20). Out of 273 only 20 (7.33%) had scored 81–100% marks, 75 (27.47%) out of 273 scored 61- 80% marks, 117 (42.86%) out of 273 scored 41–60% marks, 59 (21.61%) scored 21–40% marks and only 2 (0.73%) had scored 0–20% marks. The statistical analysis was carried out using MS Excel and SPSS version 20 software. Our participants have knowledge and awareness about the basic life support as the BLS training has the part of our curriculum since last year in department of emergency medicine.
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Mayur Kalsariya
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- DOI 10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.5319.2
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