Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study
Introduction: Augmentation of the number of trained basic life support (BLS) providers can remarkably reduce the number of cardiac arrest victims. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of BLS awareness among students of medical sciences in Iran. Methods: This multicenter cross-section...
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| author | Meisam Akhlaghdoust Saeid Safari Poorya Davoodi Shaghayegh Soleimani Maryam Khorasani Fatemeh Raoufizadeh Hosna Karimi Elahe Etesami Zeynab Hamzehloei Seyedeh Sara Sadeghi Ladan Heidaresfahani Tooba Ebadi Fard Azar Haniyeh Afshari Badrloo |
| author_facet | Meisam Akhlaghdoust Saeid Safari Poorya Davoodi Shaghayegh Soleimani Maryam Khorasani Fatemeh Raoufizadeh Hosna Karimi Elahe Etesami Zeynab Hamzehloei Seyedeh Sara Sadeghi Ladan Heidaresfahani Tooba Ebadi Fard Azar Haniyeh Afshari Badrloo |
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| description | Introduction: Augmentation of the number of trained basic life support (BLS) providers can remarkably reduce the number of cardiac arrest victims. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of BLS awareness among students of medical sciences in Iran.
Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was performed on medical students at the 4 major medical schools in Tehran, the capital of Iran, between Jan 2018 and Feb 2019, using convenience sampling method. The level of medical sciences students’ awareness of BLS was measured using an international questionnaire.
Results: Finally, 1210 students with the mean age of 21.2 ± 2.3 years completed the survey (79% female). 133 (10.9%) students had CPR experience and none had received any formal training. None of the responders could answer all questions correctly. The mean awareness score of participants was 11.93 ± 2.87 (range: 10.13 -17.25). The awareness score of participants was high in 49 (4.04 %) participants, moderate in 218 (18.01%), and low in 943 (77.93%) of studied cases.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, more than 70% of the studied medical sciences students obtained a low score on BLS awareness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ecdf36033174b7c906ee995e04448862022-12-21T17:23:32ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine2645-49042021-05-019110.22037/aaem.v9i1.1231Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional studyMeisam Akhlaghdoust0Saeid Safari1Poorya Davoodi2Shaghayegh Soleimani3Maryam Khorasani4Fatemeh Raoufizadeh5Hosna Karimi6Elahe Etesami7Zeynab Hamzehloei8Seyedeh Sara Sadeghi9Ladan Heidaresfahani10Tooba Ebadi Fard Azar11Haniyeh Afshari Badrloo12Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. USERN Office, Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranFunctional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran3. Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Medical Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran5. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIslamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, IranIntroduction: Augmentation of the number of trained basic life support (BLS) providers can remarkably reduce the number of cardiac arrest victims. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of BLS awareness among students of medical sciences in Iran. Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was performed on medical students at the 4 major medical schools in Tehran, the capital of Iran, between Jan 2018 and Feb 2019, using convenience sampling method. The level of medical sciences students’ awareness of BLS was measured using an international questionnaire. Results: Finally, 1210 students with the mean age of 21.2 ± 2.3 years completed the survey (79% female). 133 (10.9%) students had CPR experience and none had received any formal training. None of the responders could answer all questions correctly. The mean awareness score of participants was 11.93 ± 2.87 (range: 10.13 -17.25). The awareness score of participants was high in 49 (4.04 %) participants, moderate in 218 (18.01%), and low in 943 (77.93%) of studied cases. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, more than 70% of the studied medical sciences students obtained a low score on BLS awareness.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/1231Awarenesscardiopulmonary resuscitationheart arrestattitude |
| spellingShingle | Meisam Akhlaghdoust Saeid Safari Poorya Davoodi Shaghayegh Soleimani Maryam Khorasani Fatemeh Raoufizadeh Hosna Karimi Elahe Etesami Zeynab Hamzehloei Seyedeh Sara Sadeghi Ladan Heidaresfahani Tooba Ebadi Fard Azar Haniyeh Afshari Badrloo Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine Awareness cardiopulmonary resuscitation heart arrest attitude |
| title | Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study |
| title_full | Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study |
| title_short | Awareness of Iranian Medical Sciences Students Towards Basic Life Support; a Cross-Sectional study |
| title_sort | awareness of iranian medical sciences students towards basic life support a cross sectional study |
| topic | Awareness cardiopulmonary resuscitation heart arrest attitude |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/1231 |
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