Basic life support knowledge of first-year university students from Brazil

Autor: I. S. Caires, R. A. N. Santos, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti, S. V. Santos, S. G. Souza, R. R. Martimiano, Antonio Pazin-Filho, J. M. Souza, M. R. R. A. Margarido, C. S. K. Dutra
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Gerontology
Male
Medicine (General)
Physiology
Biochemistry
Life Support Care
Undergraduate education
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Pre-hospital
General Pharmacology
Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Young adult
Biology (General)
lcsh:QH301-705.5
lcsh:R5-920
General Neuroscience
Attendance
General Medicine
Cardiac arrest
Female
Information Literacy
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Brazil
Basic life support
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Universities
QH301-705.5
Immunology
Biophysics
MEDLINE
Ocean Engineering
Health literacy
Young Adult
R5-920
Sex Factors
First Aid
Humans
Education
Graduate
Clinical Investigation
Students
business.industry
Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems
Cell Biology
Odds ratio
Health Literacy
Logistic Models
lcsh:Biology (General)
Family medicine
PARADA CARDÍACA
business
First aid
Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Vol 48, Iss 12, Pp 1151-1155 (2015)
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Volume: 48, Issue: 12, Pages: 1151-1155, Published: 18 SEP 2015
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.48 n.12 2015
Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC)
instacron:ABDC
Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
ISSN: 1414-431X
Popis: We aimed to evaluate knowledge of first aid among new undergraduates and whether it is affected by their chosen course. A questionnaire was developed to assess knowledge of how to activate the Mobile Emergency Attendance Service - MEAS (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência; SAMU), recognize a pre-hospital emergency situation and the first aid required for cardiac arrest. The students were also asked about enrolling in a first aid course. Responses were received from 1038 of 1365 (76.04%) new undergraduates. The questionnaires were completed in a 2-week period 1 month after the beginning of classes. Of the 1038 respondents (59.5% studying biological sciences, 11.6% physical sciences, and 28.6% humanities), 58.5% knew how to activate the MEAS/SAMU (54.3% non-biological vs 61.4% biological, P=0.02), with an odds ratio (OR)=1.39 (95%CI=1.07-1.81) regardless of age, sex, origin, having a previous degree or having a relative with cardiac disease. The majority could distinguish emergency from non-emergency situations. When faced with a possible cardiac arrest, 17.7% of the students would perform chest compressions (15.5% non-biological vs 19.1% biological first-year university students, P=0.16) and 65.2% would enroll in a first aid course (51.1% non-biological vs 74.7% biological, P
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