Background: Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Good knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health-care providers regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation are vital to improve patient outcomes after cardiac arrest. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to management of adult patients with cardiac arrest among health-care providers at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Debre Markos, northwest Ethiopia in 2019.
Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to February, 2019 at Debre Markos Referral Hospital. All health-care providers who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. A pretested structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were entered into EpiData 3.1 and transferred to SPSS 20 for analysis.
Results: Of the 352 health-care providers, 324 participated in the study for a response rate of 92%. Amajority (63%) were male. The age of male (80%) was 26– 35 years old, with a mean of 29.28± 4.8 years. A majority (77.8%) had inadequate knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Almost all (97.8%) had no knowledge about cardiocerebral resuscitation. More than half (64.2%) had unfavorable attitudes toward CPR. Moreover, 288 (88.9%) had unsafe practices regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The site and depth of chest compression was answered correctly by only 33 (10.2%) and 59 (18.2%) of participants, respectively.
Conclusion: Health-care providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices were inadequate, unfavorable, and unsafe regarding the management of cardiac arrest. Training on the assessment of critically ill patients, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and cardiocerebral resuscitation should be provided for health-care providers. Additionally, resuscitation equipment like defibrillators and emergency drugs should be available in all wards and emergency rooms.



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埃塞俄比亚西北部 Gojjam 的 Debre Markos 转诊医院的医疗保健提供者关于成人心肺复苏的知识、态度和实践

背景：心脏骤停是全球主要的死亡原因之一。医疗保健提供者在心肺复苏方面的良好知识、态度和实践对于改善心脏骤停后患者的预后至关重要。本研究旨在评估 2019 年埃塞俄比亚西北部德布雷马尔科斯德布雷马尔科斯转诊医院的医疗保健提供者在管理成人心脏骤停患者方面的知识、态度和实践。
方法：2019 年 1 月至 2019 年 2 月在 Debre Markos 转诊医院进行了一项基于医院的横断面研究。所有符合纳入标准的医疗保健提供者都参加了这项研究。使用预先测试的结构化问卷进行数据收集。数据输入 EpiData 3.1 并传输到 SPSS 20 进行分析。
结果：在 352 名医疗保健提供者中，有 324 名参与了研究，响应率为 92%。大多数（63%）是男性。男性（80%）年龄为 26-35 岁，平均 29.28±4.8 岁。大多数人（77.8%）对心肺复苏的认识不足。几乎所有人（97.8%）对心脑复苏一无所知。超过一半 (64.2%) 对 CPR 持负面态度。此外，288 人（88.9%）在心肺复苏方面有不安全的做法。分别只有 33 名 (10.2%) 和 59 名 (18.2%) 的参与者正确回答了胸外按压的部位和深度。
结论：医疗保健提供者在心脏骤停管理方面的知识、态度和实践不足、不利和不安全。应为医疗保健提供者提供危重患者评估、心肺复苏和心脑复苏方面的培训。此外，所有病房和急诊室都应配备除颤器和急救药物等复苏设备。