The study of knowledge and attitude of new coming residents in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1377-78

Autor: Haj Zeinali AM, Panah Khahi M
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 58, Iss 4, Pp 89-96 (2000)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1683-1764
1735-7322
Popis: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most important skills that every body must know it in medical services. In educational hospitals, the (Newly-arrived residents are in first cell for management of victims, specially in emergency rooms and at nights. Their knowledge and ability for successful CPR have a direct relation with prevalence of total mortality and morbidity. This research has assessed the knowledge and attitude of the new residents about CPR, and for answering to this question: "Is the CPR workshops necessary for all of the new residents in the beginning of their courses". All of the 506 new residents were examined simultaneously in 2 separate years with a questionnaire consist of 50 questions about their CPR secence and skills and 8 questions about their attitude in CPR. These informations were analyzed by SPSS and EPI6 softwares. The mean correct answers were 55%±11.8. The best results were about arrythmias (68.6%) and airway management (63.6%) and the worst were about IV access (43.1%) and pediatric CPR (31.5%). These findings were similar in 2 sequential years. Their knowledge had significant relation with sex (P=0.002), their original university (P=0.031), their residency course (P=0.024) and their residency reception scores (P
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