Assessment of knowledge and practice of cardio Pulmonary resuscitation among medical interns of jimma Medical interns of jimma university, south west Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation refers to a sequential chain of measures taken to save and maintain the quality of life of a patient following cardiac arrest. The process involves recognition of absent breathing and circulation, basic life support with chest compressions and rescue breathing and post resuscitative care. Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves the patients‟ outcomes hence reducing mortality related to cardiac arrest. The determinants of effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among health care workers are not well researched in African countries(1).Basic life support (BLS) is an integral part of health care. However, teaching of BLS is not yet a part of protocol zed curriculum and uniform throughout. The present study is designed to assess the knowledge and practice of CPR medical interns in a medical institute(2). Objective: To study knowledge and practice towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) among medical interns at Jimma medical center(JMC)(1). Methods: The study design was institution-based cross-sectional study among medical interns at JMC. The study was conducted from November 1 to 30, 2024.The total sample size was 169.The study participants was selected using Systematic sampling technique method and data was collected using structured self-administrated questionnaires . The collected data was entered and exported to SPSS version 27 for analysis. Statistical significance was considered at a p-value of less than 0.05(3). Data analysis was done using binary and multiple logistic regressions for practice and ordinary logistic regression for knowledge with p value of less than 0.05. Budget: The research was spends a total of 24615 birr which was covered by Jimma University