Knowledge of nursing staff about principles of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in selected hospitals of ‎Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, 2009

Soraya  Mahdavi; Jahangir  Rezaie; Bahareh  Dehghani; Behzad  Teimouri; Farah   Seifi; Alireza  Abdi

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Knowledge of nursing staff about principles of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in selected hospitals of ‎Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, 2009

Author(s):

Soraya Mahdavi^1,*,

Jahangir Rezaie¹,

Bahareh Dehghani²,

Behzad Teimouri³,

Farah Seifi⁴,

Alireza Abdi¹

1Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Imam Ali hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Department of Operating Room, School of Paramedicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

4Department of Anesthesia, School of Paramedicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences:Vol. 1, issue 4; e82317

Published online:Feb 21, 2013

Article type:Review Article

Received:Jul 10, 2012

Accepted:Nov 20, 2012

How to Cite:Mahdavi S, Rezaie J, Dehghani B, Teimouri B, Seifi F, et al. Knowledge of nursing staff about principles of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in selected hospitals of ‎Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, 2009.J Clin Res Paramed Sci.2013;1(4):e82317.

Abstract

Background: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a critical emergency measure that nursing personnel are encountered and nursingstaff are one of the key persons in bedside of patients with cardiopulmonary arrest. Therefore,The present study was carried out to determine level of knowledge of nursing staff to select hospitals of Kermanshah, 2009.

Materials & Methods:This study was a descriptive –analytical & cross sectional study performed with convenience sampling was used to (188) nursing staff working in selected educational hospitals of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.For assess to CPR knowledge of nursing staff , a researchermade questionnaire consists of 20 questions about Basic Life Support (BLS) &Advanced Life Support (ACLS) was used. The data were analyzed using SPSS11.5 software.
Results: Findings of the study showed that 52.1%of the personnel had the level of moderate
knowledge of performing CPR. There was a statistically relationship between knowledge scores of nursing staff regarding CPR and some variables age,hospital words,academic field.
Conclusion: The results of the study showed, the nursing personnel have insufficient knowledge of CPR and it does not improve Significantly during all groups and the field of total. Therefore, it is necessary we must pay more attention to education service and CPR courses of nursing staff.

Keywords

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

knowledge

nursing staff

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