Knowledge of nursing personnel regarding the management of critical patients on the basis of basic life support
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Keywords
Knowledge, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Nursing
Abstract
Introduction: The Basic Life Support (BLS) is designed to train health personnel in basic skills for initial emergency care that is potentially fatal in a prehospital and intrahospital environment.
Objective: To evaluate nurses’ knowledge regarding critical patient management based on BLS in critical areas of the Hospital de Traumatología y Ortopedia (Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics) of the state of Puebla.
Methods: Descriptive study in a sample of 50 nurses of critical services, of all categories and work shifts. A BLS knowledge assessment instrument, validated by four experts and 10 nurses, was applied. An approval rating of 17 or more points was considered. We used descriptive statistics, as well as frequencies, Kuder-Richardson’s test, Cohen’s kappa and Fisher’s Exact Test.
Results: Mean age was 36.68 years; there were four men (8.0%) and 46 women (92%); 37 approved the instrument (74%). 36% had taken the BLS course (18) and 14% was certified (7). The association between the grade obtained in the survey and the labor category, academic degree, shift, type of hiring, if already took the course and having certification was p > 0.05 (with Fisher’s Exact test).
Conclusions: Having a BLS course does not guarantee that the nurse personnel have knowledge about the management of the patient in critical condition.
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