Social representations of Basics Life Support

International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2016

Background: Laypeople can save lives and reduce sequelae in certain emergency situations if they have enough knowledge on Basic Life Support. Nonetheless, laypeople's knowledge of Basic Life Support has been little investigated in Brazil. Objective: To investigate laypeople's knowledge, possible barriers and interest regarding Basic Life Support. Methods: A questionnaire containing 30 questions was applied to a sample of 377 individuals. Chi-square and unpaired t test were calculated to assess the possible association between socioeconomic variables and the knowledge of Basic Life Support. Results: Approximately 41.1% of the sample affirmed they knew what Basic Life Support was, but only 5.8% felt prepared to perform it, if needed. Nearly the whole sample considered the knowledge of Basic Life Support important and 89.9% would be available to take a Basic Life Support learning course. The average of correct answers was 37.8% ± 18.1%. This value was higher among subjects with higher level of education (38.6% ± 18.3%; p = 0.014) and among those who reported previous training in Basic Life Support (43.5% ± 17.8%; p = 0.002). Conclusions: Laypeople recognize their role in the immediate care given to victims of certain emergency situations. Even though laypeople lack training, they show interest in learning Basic Life Support.

The importance of qualification and training of lay people in Basic Life Support (BLS) leads to a reduction in deaths or irreversible sequelae in the population affected by a Cardiopulmonary Arrest (CPA), because in most emergency cases whoever is close is not a health professional. The purpose of this article is to analyze the importance of qualification and training in Basic Life Support for lay people. This is a descriptive, qualitative study carried out through an integrative literature review (ILR). To carry out the bibliographic review, searches were carried out in the following databases: repositories of Universities, Virtual Health Libraries, PubMed, Journals, Magazines, Federal Laws and Ordinances Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) and Online System of Search and Analysis of Literature Medical (MEDLINE). Articles related to the theme of the project, articles with Portuguese language, online and free access to the full text and from the year 2014 were included. The studies that constituted the units of analysis have a variety of authors, publication sources and countries of origin of the studies. The training and qualification of the BLS is of relevance for the knowledge of the lay population and should be applied even in the school phase, with theoretical-practical methods and repeated annually, for a better effectiveness in the initial care of a victim in CPA.

Acta Médica Portuguesa

Introduction: Basic life support is a key manoeuvre in a cardiac arrest situation that can often save a victim’s life. This study investigates the general public’s knowledge about the fundamentals of basic life support, and its association with previous training/education on basic life support and self-perception of knowledge. A secondary goal is to assess the opinion on training needs.Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and descriptive study, using a convenience sample of 655 individuals. A survey containing 21 questions was applied. A descriptive and inferential statistical analysis explored potential associations between variables.Results: The mean score for general knowledge (75.9% ± 14.2%) was statistically significantly higher (p < 0.001) than for technical knowledge (31.2% ± 29.7). Considering the overall knowledge, the mean score was 49.0% ± 20.3%, with 100 (15.3%) respondents scoring equal or higher than 70%, and only 12 (1.8%) answering all que...

2019

Introduction: The incidence of cardiac arrest remains high and th erefore Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training of health professionals has been widely im ple ented. The role of citizen bystanders in the ou t-of-hospital setting has been widely acknowledged. Aim: The evaluation of the theoretical knowledge of heal thcare and non-healthcare professionals on BLS and use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Methods: 324 health professionals and 141 non-health profess i nal , trained in 42 BLS courses conducted in 2015, completed an anonymous questionnaire before a nd after their training. Questionnaire's Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.70. We used Student's t-test and one-way ANOVA to evaluate mean differences. Results: The mean age of the participants was 39.6 ± 9.7 yea rs. 70.3% (N=327) were women and 69.7% (N=324) healthcare professionals. Only 15.5% (N=72) of part icipants were trained in CPR in the last 6 months p eriod. Men, higher education graduates...

CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE, 2022

Basic life support (BLS), a key component of the chain of survival helps to decrease disease condition and increases the rate of hospital discharge. Adequate awareness of basic life support (BLS) and diseased condition is an important global issue to ensure that individuals can provide necessary life-saving care in emergency situations. It is an integral part of emergency resuscitative care that aims to retain sufficient ventilation and circulation until the cause of the any case is detected and eliminated. It is possible to sustain life in patients whose life has been in danger. This period of temporary support is effective in sustaining life until specific lifesaving could be carried out. BLS course is gaining acceptance worldwide as important lifesaving means within 3-5min of patient collapse in and out hospital. The life support can produce survival rates as high as 49-75%. Effective management of an emergency condition is ultimately the health care personnel’s responsibility. The lack of training and inability to cope with medical emergencies can lead to tragic consequences and legal complications. Therefore, health professionals like doctors and nurses who are directly involved in patient care must be well prepared to manage medical emergencies. Hence, BLS and high-quality lifesaving is an important tool until a medical emergency is treated definitely. This forms an integral link in patient care. Studies done in varied settings have reported that knowledge of BLS and resuscitation technique is lacking even in hospital areas where frequent ways of life savings take place and more emphasis is placed to develop medical skills; viz. the emergency, anesthesia and critical care. The attitude to performing medical skills was also poor in frequent lifesaving performer. Both the attitude to life saving and skills have been shown to improve with training and workshop.

The Basic Life Support comprises the set of measures used in the care of a victim cardiorespiratory arrest, aiming at maintaining their vital signs and preserving life, until a specialized team can transport it to a hemodynamics unit or intensive care unit and offer a definitive treatment.Objective:report the experience of members of an academic league of urgency and emergency in the provision of a lecture on Basic Life Support for lay people in a soccer club in the metropolitan region of Belém/PA, Brazil.Method:This is an experience report with a qualitative approach and participatory method, experienced by members of the interdisciplinary academic league in urgency and emergency, from the University of the Amazon, in the city of Belém/PA. Results na Discussions:The training of lay people in Basic Life Support using simulation plays a relevant role in improving the survival rates of cardiorespiratory arrest victims. Conclusion: The sharing and teaching of health professionals about first aid to society reveals that it is assimilating the theoretical potential in the practice that we understand and develop a quality in initial care. I.

World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012

Survival after cardiopulmonary arrest is usually low and depends on early intervention, quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and time to defibrillation. [1-4] Basic life support (BLS), a key component of the chain of survival decreases the arrest-CPR interval and increases the rate of hospital discharge. [3] Individuals in the community at least the health care professionals should know how to perform BLS as they encounter such situation very often. [5] Health care professionals are expected to be competent to resuscitate from their fi rst posting. In the United States, BLS training has been recommended for all health care professionals since 1966 [6] especially for those who are involved in

Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

Background: Basic Life Support (BLS) aims to maintain respiration and circulation in the cardiac arrest victim and involves a major focus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with minimal use of ancillary equipment. The raised standards of care demand that knowledge about BLS/ CPR be updated and include the lay persons as well as medical experts who have the potential to become the teachers of the skill. The objective of the study was to describe the knowledge and attitude of medical personnel (nurses and doctors) towards BLS/ CPR. Methods: This cross sectional study was done among the doctors and nurses working in Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, BPKIHS, Nepal after ethical approval. A pre-validated questionnaire (Shrestha et al, WJEM, 2012) with pre-structured questions was used for assessing the knowledge and attitude. Attitude was measured using 5 point Likert. Designation, previous training and demographics were used as describing variables. For data rec...

Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC

In view of the recently increasing terrorist attacks, hospitals have to devote an increased attention to Disaster Management. An effective way to do this is by preparing disaster plans and training 'hospital staff response team'. Most of the District General Hospitals (DGH) act as first point of contact in emergency. Our practical experience revealed that if the staff is not trained well for an organised and structured response, rather than help they can become an unnecessary hindrance. In the current scenario we felt a dire need to train as many staff members as possible in Basic life support (BLS). The objective was to train as well as assess the feasibility of training these skills to a mixed ability group of health professionals in a busy DGH. Twelve training sessions of 1 hour/week were planned. Twenty-nine candidates with mixed ability health workers (5 Medical Officers, 10 Nurses, 9 Nursing Assistants, 2 LHV, 3 Ayahs) were enrolled. Each session was planned as initial...

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019

Objectives: Basic Life Support (BLS) is the application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in order to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims by members of the public pending the arrival of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training in order to ensure society understands the importance of early initiation of BLS, and to provide information concerning BLS and automated external defibrillators (AED). Methods: This study consisted of 150 participants, of whom none were healthcare professionals. The research data were collected from 150 pre-tests and 100 post-tests. A Comparison of nominal data was analyzed by both McNemar's test and Pearson's chi-square exact test. Results: Of the participants, 39% had received the BLS training prior to the study. It was observed that the participants' desire for applying BLS increased from 43% to 78% post training, and the ratio of ability to distinguish the need for BLS increased from 54% to 79%. Our results also indicated that the knowledge level of the CPR application increased after the study. The proportion of participants who knew the purpose of using AED increased from 79.8% to 95.7%. Conclusions: It was concluded that the BLS Awareness training increased in relation to the application of BLS, improved the BLS knowledge and increased awareness of the use of AED.