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ArticleWorld journal of emergency medicine2014

The knowledge level of final year undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a university teaching hospital of Northwest Ethiopia.

Endale G Gebremedhn, Gebremedhn B Gebregergs, Bernard B Anderson

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Article in World journal of emergency medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Basic Life Support Training Methods for Health Science Students: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  2. Knowledge and Skills in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Effect of Simulation Training on it among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024
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  4. Knowledge and testing preferences forJournal of American college health : J of ACH · 2020
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Endale G GebremedhnDepartment of Anesthesia, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Gebremedhn B GebregergsDepartment of Public Health, Bahir Dar College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Bernard B AndersonDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
University of Gondar · ETBahir Dar University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving technique which is used after cardiopulmonary arrest. Chance of survival after arrest will increase if it is coupled with sufficient knowledge. Final year undergraduate health science students and interns manage many trauma and critically ill patients in our hospital. Even though all students took CPR training in undergraduate course, we sometimes saw difficulties in the resuscitation of patients after cardiopulmonary arrest by undergraduate health professionals. This study was to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduate health science students and medical interns about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

methodsHospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1 to March 30, 2013. All undergraduate health professionals were included. The mean score of knowledge was compared for sex, original residence and department of the participants by using Student's t test and ANOVA with Scheffe's test. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.

resultsFour hundred sixty-one out of 506 students were included in this study with a response rate of 91.1%. The overall mean knowledge score of final year undergraduate health science students and interns was 11.1 (SD=0.2). The mean knowledge scores of nurses, interns, health officer, midwifery, anesthesia and psychiatry nursing students were 9.84 (SD=2.5), 13.34 (SD=2.8), 9.81 (SD=3.0), 8.77 (SD=2.6), 13.31 (SD=2.7) and 8.43 (SD=2.4) respectively.

conclusionsThe knowledge level of undergraduate health professionals about cardiopulmonary resuscitation was insufficient. Training about CPR for undergraduate health professionals should be emphasized.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitationHealth professionalsKnowledgeUndergraduate

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PMCPMC4129859
OpenAlexW2110994246

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