Impact of structured basic life-support course on nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills: Experience of a paediatric department in low-resource country
| Autor: | Natalie McCall, Lei Chen, Juliette Unyuzumutima, Christian Umuhoza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Resuscitation
Medicine (General) medicine.medical_treatment education Developing country Paediatric department Education Developing countries R5-920 Geochemistry and Petrology Medicine Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Low-resource business.industry Debriefing Basic life support medicine.disease Test (assessment) Public hospital Emergency Medicine Basic life support (BLS) Original Article Medical emergency business Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 366-371 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2211-4203 2211-419X |
| Popis: | Introduction: The study aimed to assess the impact of a modified paediatric basic life support (BLS) training on paediatric nurses' knowledge and skills in the main tertiary level public hospital in Rwanda. Methods: A prospective, before-and-after educational intervention study was performed. Nurses working in the paediatric department at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK) were enrolled after consenting to the study. A modified BLS training was administered using didactic lectures, videos, case discussions, and simulations. Knowledge and skills were assessed before, immediately and six months after the training, using the American Heart Association (AHA) multiple-choice questions test and simulation scenarios. Ethical approval from the hospital's investigational review board was obtained before the start of the study. Results: Fifty-seven nurses working in paediatric department were included in the study, most with advanced nursing degrees. At baseline, only 3.5% scored above 80% on the knowledge test and none were able to perform high-quality one-rescuer CPR. Knowledge and high-quality one-rescuer CPR skills improved significantly immediately after the training, with 63.2% scoring above 80% and 63.2% capable of performing high-quality one-rescuer CPR (p |
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