The knowledge level of final year undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a university teaching hospital of Northwest Ethiopia

doi:10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2014.01.005

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final year undergraduate health science students and interns manage many trauma and critically ill patients in our hospital. Even though all students took CPR training in undergraduate course, we sometimes saw difficulties in the resuscitation of patients after cardiopulmonary arrest by undergraduate health professionals. This study was to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
METHODS: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1 to March 30, 2013. All undergraduate health professionals were included. The mean score of knowledge was compared for sex, original residence and department of the participants by using Student's t test and ANOVA with Scheffe's test. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
RESULTS: Four hundred sixty-one out of 506 students were included in this study with a response rate of 91.1%. The overall mean knowledge score of final year undergraduate health science students and interns was 11.1 (SD=0.2). The mean knowledge scores of nurses, interns, health officer, midwifery, anesthesia and psychiatry nursing students were 9.84 (SD=2.5), 13.34 (SD=2.8), 9.81 (SD=3.0), 8.77 (SD=2.6), 13.31 (SD=2.7) and 8.43 (SD=2.4) respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge level of undergraduate health professionals about cardiopulmonary resuscitation was insufficient. Training about CPR for undergraduate health professionals should be emphasized.

Key words: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Knowledge, Undergraduate, Health professionals

Endale G. Gebremedhn, Gebremedhn B. Gebregergs, Bernard B. Anderson. The knowledge level of final year undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a university teaching hospital of Northwest Ethiopia[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014, 5(1): 29-34.

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Departments	Mean difference (I-J)	P <
Nursing^**
Intern	-3.53297	0.001
Anesthesia	-6.47510	0.001
Intern^**
Health officer	3.55787	0.001
Midwifery	4.6041	0.001
Anesthesia	-2.94213	0.001
Psychiatry nursing	4.94180	0.001
Health officer^**
Anesthesia	-6.50000	0.001
Midwifery^**
Anaesthesia	-7.54627	0.001
Anesthesia^**
Psychiatry nursing	7.88393^*	0.001

Demographics	Number	Mean score	Standard deviation	P <
Sex				0.001
Male	306	11.55	3.65
Female	155	10.20	3.14
Department				0.001
Nursing	123	9.84	2.51
Intern	135	13.37	2.82
Health officer	80	9.81	3.02
Midwifery	77	8.77	2.58
Anaesthesia	32	16.31	2.68
Psychiatry nursing	14	8.43	2.38

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