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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