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Assessment of Iranian Nurses and Emergency Medical Personnel in Terms of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge Based on the 2010 Guideline

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge of hospital nurses and emergency medical personnel in Kermanshah, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 330 hospital nurses and 159 emergency medical pers...

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Autores principales: Kalhori, Reza Pourmirza, Jalali, Amir, Naderipour, Arsalan, Almasi, Afshin, Khavasi, Mohammad, Rezaei, Masoud, Abbasi, Mohammad
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28706541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-9066.208167
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author Kalhori, Reza Pourmirza
Jalali, Amir
Naderipour, Arsalan
Almasi, Afshin
Khavasi, Mohammad
Rezaei, Masoud
Abbasi, Mohammad
author_facet Kalhori, Reza Pourmirza
Jalali, Amir
Naderipour, Arsalan
Almasi, Afshin
Khavasi, Mohammad
Rezaei, Masoud
Abbasi, Mohammad
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge of hospital nurses and emergency medical personnel in Kermanshah, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 330 hospital nurses and 159 emergency medical personnel working in educational hospitals and emergency medical centers in Kermanshah. Data were collected using a validated and reliable (r = 0.74) researcher-made questionnaire consisting of a demographic characteristics questionnaire and the 2010 CPR knowledge questionnaire. RESULTS: Based on the most recent CPR guidelines, the knowledge of 19.5%, 78.6%, and 1.9% of the emergency medical staff was excellent, good, and moderate, respectively. None of the participants had poor knowledge. In addition, the knowledge of 20.2%, 65.4%, 14%, and 0.4% of the nurses in this study was excellent, good, moderate, and poor, respectively. There was no significant difference in CPR knowledge between hospital nurses and emergency medical staff. Moreover, no significant association was found between CPR knowledge and gender, age, work experience, field of study, previous occupation, and advanced resuscitation courses. However, CPR knowledge of individuals with training in basic CPR courses was higher than participants without training in these courses (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Based on the findings of this study, CPR knowledge among Iranian nurses and emergency medical personnel was in an acceptable range. Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended that nurses and emergency staff receive training according to the most recent CPR guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-54949462017-07-13 Assessment of Iranian Nurses and Emergency Medical Personnel in Terms of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge Based on the 2010 Guideline Kalhori, Reza Pourmirza Jalali, Amir Naderipour, Arsalan Almasi, Afshin Khavasi, Mohammad Rezaei, Masoud Abbasi, Mohammad Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge of hospital nurses and emergency medical personnel in Kermanshah, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 330 hospital nurses and 159 emergency medical personnel working in educational hospitals and emergency medical centers in Kermanshah. Data were collected using a validated and reliable (r = 0.74) researcher-made questionnaire consisting of a demographic characteristics questionnaire and the 2010 CPR knowledge questionnaire. RESULTS: Based on the most recent CPR guidelines, the knowledge of 19.5%, 78.6%, and 1.9% of the emergency medical staff was excellent, good, and moderate, respectively. None of the participants had poor knowledge. In addition, the knowledge of 20.2%, 65.4%, 14%, and 0.4% of the nurses in this study was excellent, good, moderate, and poor, respectively. There was no significant difference in CPR knowledge between hospital nurses and emergency medical staff. Moreover, no significant association was found between CPR knowledge and gender, age, work experience, field of study, previous occupation, and advanced resuscitation courses. However, CPR knowledge of individuals with training in basic CPR courses was higher than participants without training in these courses (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Based on the findings of this study, CPR knowledge among Iranian nurses and emergency medical personnel was in an acceptable range. Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended that nurses and emergency staff receive training according to the most recent CPR guidelines. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5494946/ /pubmed/28706541 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-9066.208167 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kalhori, Reza Pourmirza
Jalali, Amir
Naderipour, Arsalan
Almasi, Afshin
Khavasi, Mohammad
Rezaei, Masoud
Abbasi, Mohammad
Assessment of Iranian Nurses and Emergency Medical Personnel in Terms of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge Based on the 2010 Guideline
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title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Iranian Nurses and Emergency Medical Personnel in Terms of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge Based on the 2010 Guideline
title_short Assessment of Iranian Nurses and Emergency Medical Personnel in Terms of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge Based on the 2010 Guideline
title_sort assessment of iranian nurses and emergency medical personnel in terms of cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge based on the 2010 guideline
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28706541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-9066.208167
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