Objectives:
Appropriate BLS is crucial for outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest and traumatic
cases. The simple skills a trained BLS provider should have can reduce the high
mortality rate associated with cardiac arrest in patients with cardiovascular
disease.
Aim: This study
aimed at evaluating the knowledge of BLS among health care workers working in
various departments of health care in the Dhamar governorate, Yemen.
Subjects and Methods:
The study of knowledge of BLS was performed in Dhamar governorate with a total
of 149 graduated health care professionals, including graduated doctors and
nurses. The study was performed during the period from May 2019 to Nov 2019.
Data were collected through a questionnaire, which is according to the current
American Heart Association (AHA)/European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
guidelines of 2015. This self-explanatory questionnaire of 24 questions was
designed to assess and compare the knowledge of BLS by the participants and
consisted of two main domains: demography (composed of 4 questions) and
knowledge of BLS (composed of 20 questions). Comparisons of the characteristics
of demographic domains- gender, qualification, and previous training in BLS -
in terms of the mean score of knowledge were considered and statistically
tested by independent- samples t-tests post-Leven's tests.
Results: Of the
149 respondents, 97 (65%) had a BLS knowledge score of at least 50% mark,
corresponding to adequate knowledge about BLS, and 52 (35%) had a BLS knowledge
score of less than 50% mark, corresponding to inadequate knowledge about BLS.
The total mean score of BLS knowledge was 53.12 in the setting of a range of 0
- 100 with a standard deviation of 15.58. Statistically, the mean score among
males and female participants was found to be non- significantly different, as
was the mean score among participants who had ever had previous training in BLS
and those who had never had any previous training in BLS. In the present study,
medical participants had significantly high knowledge of BLS in comparison with
nurses. On the other hand, the mean score in participants who belong to the
medicine field was significantly slightly higher than that in participants who
belong to the nursing field.
Conclusion: Among
healthcare professionals, planned BLS training were not very common.
Furthermore, there was no correlation found between these courses and
sufficient BLS knowledge. Thus, it is advised that health professionals undergo
regular reassessments during their careers and that a top-notch, stringent BLS
accreditation program be added to the undergraduate curriculum. We also
recommend the conduction of studies entailing a comparision of doctors and
nurses in terms of knowledge of BLS and the effectiveness of structured
teaching programs/video-assisted teaching programs on the knowledge and skills
of medical professionals.
Author(s)details:-
Mohammed Kassim Salah
Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Wahda Teaching Hospital, Thamar
University, Ma'abar City, Dhamar, Yemen.
Abdul Salam Mohamed
Al Mokdad
Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Wahda Teaching Hospital, Thamar
University, Ma'abar City, Dhamar, Yemen.
Hussain Mohammed
Aljarmouzi
Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Wahda Teaching Hospital, Thamar
University, Ma'abar City, Dhamar, Yemen.
Omar Yahya Al-Ashmali
Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Wahda Teaching Hospital, Thamar
University, Ma'abar City, Dhamar, Yemen.
Ali Ahmed Al-Zaazaai
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, PR
China.
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here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/rudhr/v7/338
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