Factors influencing paramedics’ and emergency medical technicians’ level of knowledge about the 2015 basic life support guidelines
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Title
Factors influencing paramedics’ and emergency medical technicians’ level of knowledge about the 2015 basic life support guidelines
Subject
Basic life support applications, Emergency medical technician, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Paramedic
Description
Background: This study aimed to determine the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge level and factors
affecting the current CPR knowledge level among EMTs and paramedics working in the Kayseri 112 emergency
health system.
Methods: This survey aimed to reach all paramedics and emergency medical technicians working in the 112
emergency health system in Kayseri province. The data collection consists of sociodemographic/occupational
characteristics, CPR training and practice characteristics and 20 four-choice CPR knowledge questions. Multiple
linear regression analysis was used to determine the independent variables that affect the number of correct
answers given to the questionnaire.
Results: 305 healthcare professionals were included in this study. 57.0% (n = 174) of the participants were female
and 56.1% were under the age of 30. It was found that 65.6% (n = 200) of the healthcare professionals were EMTs,
and 48.6% (n = 148) had been working for 6–10 years. The mean number of correct responses based on the 20
questions asked was 12.76 ± 3.11. In multivariable analysis, it was determined that having received training on CPR
after 2015, having participated in a course or seminar on CPR in the last 3 months and having practiced
defibrillation/cardioversion during CPR significantly increased the level of knowledge regarding CPR (respectively,
p < 0.01, p = 0.025, p = 0.045).
Conclusion: CPR trainings, which have been received recently and based on the current guidelines, increase the
level of CPR knowledge and the increasing knowledge level affects the use of defibrillation/cardioversion.
Improving training increases knowledge and practice.
affecting the current CPR knowledge level among EMTs and paramedics working in the Kayseri 112 emergency
health system.
Methods: This survey aimed to reach all paramedics and emergency medical technicians working in the 112
emergency health system in Kayseri province. The data collection consists of sociodemographic/occupational
characteristics, CPR training and practice characteristics and 20 four-choice CPR knowledge questions. Multiple
linear regression analysis was used to determine the independent variables that affect the number of correct
answers given to the questionnaire.
Results: 305 healthcare professionals were included in this study. 57.0% (n = 174) of the participants were female
and 56.1% were under the age of 30. It was found that 65.6% (n = 200) of the healthcare professionals were EMTs,
and 48.6% (n = 148) had been working for 6–10 years. The mean number of correct responses based on the 20
questions asked was 12.76 ± 3.11. In multivariable analysis, it was determined that having received training on CPR
after 2015, having participated in a course or seminar on CPR in the last 3 months and having practiced
defibrillation/cardioversion during CPR significantly increased the level of knowledge regarding CPR (respectively,
p < 0.01, p = 0.025, p = 0.045).
Conclusion: CPR trainings, which have been received recently and based on the current guidelines, increase the
level of CPR knowledge and the increasing knowledge level affects the use of defibrillation/cardioversion.
Improving training increases knowledge and practice.
Creator
Celal Levent Kayadelen, Ayşe Nilgün Kayadelen and Polat Durukan
Publisher
BMC Emergency Medicine
Date
(2021) 21:82
Contributor
Fajar bagus W
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PDF
Language
Indonesia
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Citation
Celal Levent Kayadelen, Ayşe Nilgün Kayadelen and Polat Durukan, “Factors influencing paramedics’ and emergency medical technicians’ level of knowledge about the 2015 basic life support guidelines,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/3790.