Knowledge and Attitudes toward Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Defibrillation among Primary Health-Care Physicians in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, 2018
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Early recognition of cardiac arrest in an unconscious patient, early activation of emergency medical services, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and early defibrillation are a vital action for the management of cardiac arrest with an increased survival rate. Primary care physicians (PCPs) can play an essential role in improving the survival rate of the out of hospital cardiac arrest with the availability of automated external defibrillator (AED) and well-trained medical staff. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of PCPs toward defibrillation and CPR in primary health centers in Al-Ahsa. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study through stratified random sampling on urban PCPs in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, over the period interval from May 24th 2018 to July 11th 2018. Results: The response rate was 80.7% (185/229). Basic life support trained physicians are as high as 99.5 and only 32% are advanced cardiac life support trained. 68.6% of the respondents are aware of that defibrillation which is the most important intervention in CPR situations. 76% have reported that they know how to operate the AED. Those are aged ≥35 years in addition to whose year of experience ≥10 are more likely to know how to operate AED (P = 0.001 and P = 0.021, respectively). We got 88% of the physician who were willing to use an AED in their clinics, but only 19.5% of the respondents have a defibrillator in their clinic. Conclusions:Most of the PCPs in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, are aware of the importance of defibrillation in CPR and willing to use the AED in their clinics. The physician with ≥10 years of practice has more knowledge about the AED.
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Abdulhadi Al Abdulaziz, Ashraf Al Ramadan, Abdullah Al Ramadan
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