The impact of CPR and AED training on healthcare professionals' self-perceived attitudes to performing resuscitation

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Mats Enlund³  Jerzy Leppert³  Johan Herlitz¹  Anders Berglund⁴  Marie-Louise Södersved Källestedt² 

[1] Centre for Pre-hospital research, Western Sweden University College of Borås and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden;Centre for Clinical Research, Central Hospital, Västerås,, S-721 89 Västerås, Sweden;Uppsala University, Centre for Clinical Research, Västerås, Sweden;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Health personnel;    Defibrillators;    Attitude;    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;    Education;   

Others  :  826624
DOI  :  10.1186/1757-7241-20-26

 received in 2011-10-18, accepted in 2012-04-05,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Healthcare professionals have shown concern about performing mouth-to-mouth ventilation due to the risks to themselves with the procedure. However, little is known about healthcare professionals' fears and attitudes to start CPR and the impact of training.

Objective

To examine whether there were any changes in the attitudes among healthcare professionals to performing CPR from before to after training.

Methods

Healthcare professionals from two Swedish hospitals were asked to answer a questionnaire before and after training. The questions were relating to physical and mental discomfort and attitudes to CPR. Statistical analysis used was generalized McNemar's test.

Results

Overall, there was significant improvement in 10 of 11 items, reflecting various aspects of attitudes to CPR.

All groups of health care professionals (physicians, nurses, assistant nurses, and "others" = physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social welfare officers, psychologists, biomedical analysts) felt more secure in CPR knowledge after education. In other aspects, such as anxiety prior to a possible cardiac arrest, only nurses and assistant nurses improved.

The concern about being infected, when performing mouth to mouth ventilation, was reduced with the most marked reduction in physicians (75%; P < 0.001).

Conclusion

In this hospital-based setting, we found a positive outcome of education and training in CPR concerning healthcare professionals' attitudes to perform CPR. They felt more secure in their knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In some aspects of attitudes to resuscitation nurses and assistant nurses appeared to be the groups that were most markedly influenced. The concern of being infected by a disease was low.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Källestedt et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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