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Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
BACKGROUND: When cardiopulmonary arrest occurs, the dentist's ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the most important factor to minimize morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the basic life support (BLS) knowledge and performance of general dental practitioners in Ha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838633 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.153407 |
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author | Jamalpour, Mohammad Reza Asadi, Hossein Kimiaei Zarei, Khosrow |
author_facet | Jamalpour, Mohammad Reza Asadi, Hossein Kimiaei Zarei, Khosrow |
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description | BACKGROUND: When cardiopulmonary arrest occurs, the dentist's ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the most important factor to minimize morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the basic life support (BLS) knowledge and performance of general dental practitioners in Hamadan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The participants in the study were 80 Iranian general dental practitioners who were chosen randomly. Their CPR knowledge was evaluated by verbal questions and their CPR skills were determined by CPR execution on a special manikin. Nearly 39% (n = 31) of dentists answered none of the questions and only 2.50% (n = 2) answered all of the questions correctly. Thirty six dentists had been participated CPR course after graduation. RESULT: There was a significant difference between dentists who participated in CPR training course and those that did not participate (P value = 0.000). Only 3.75% (n = 3) were able to perform CPR properly. CONCLUSION: The results showed that the amount of CPR knowledge and skills were low in participated Iranian general dental practitioners. However, CPR training courses after graduation increased the amount of knowledge significantly, thus, retraining CPR courses is necessary for dentists. |
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spelling | pubmed-43826072015-04-02 Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation Jamalpour, Mohammad Reza Asadi, Hossein Kimiaei Zarei, Khosrow Niger Med J Original Article BACKGROUND: When cardiopulmonary arrest occurs, the dentist's ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the most important factor to minimize morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the basic life support (BLS) knowledge and performance of general dental practitioners in Hamadan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The participants in the study were 80 Iranian general dental practitioners who were chosen randomly. Their CPR knowledge was evaluated by verbal questions and their CPR skills were determined by CPR execution on a special manikin. Nearly 39% (n = 31) of dentists answered none of the questions and only 2.50% (n = 2) answered all of the questions correctly. Thirty six dentists had been participated CPR course after graduation. RESULT: There was a significant difference between dentists who participated in CPR training course and those that did not participate (P value = 0.000). Only 3.75% (n = 3) were able to perform CPR properly. CONCLUSION: The results showed that the amount of CPR knowledge and skills were low in participated Iranian general dental practitioners. However, CPR training courses after graduation increased the amount of knowledge significantly, thus, retraining CPR courses is necessary for dentists. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4382607/ /pubmed/25838633 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.153407 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Jamalpour, Mohammad Reza Asadi, Hossein Kimiaei Zarei, Khosrow Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title | Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title_full | Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title_fullStr | Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title_full_unstemmed | Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title_short | Basic life support knowledge and skills of Iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
title_sort | basic life support knowledge and skills of iranian general dental practitioners to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838633 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.153407 |
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