K Elizabeth Keith, Aman Wadhwa, Jocelyn York, Pariya L Fazeli, Smita Bhatia, Wendy Landier
Health Literacy in Parents of Children Newly Diagnosed With Cancer and Comprehension of Key Concepts Related to Their Child's Care
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology nursing
aim prospective cohort study describe outcome patients outofhospital cardiac arrest maribor slovenia 4 year period using modified utstein style investigate elementary knowledge basic life support among potential bystanders community prehospital hospital database system followed consecutive group patients outofhospital cardiac arrest ohca january 2001 december 2004 investigated effects various factors outcome ohca especially partial endtidal co2 pressure petco2 efficacy bystander cpr elementary knowledge basic life support bls also examined motivation among potential bystanders possible implementation bls education community ohca confirmed 592 patients advanced cardiac life support initiated 389 patients 277 cardiac aetiology 287 patients event bystanders witnessed laybystander basic life support performed 83 23 treating ohca physicianbased prehospital medical team rosc obtained 61 rosc admission 50 overall survival discharge 21 initial petco2 2204 95ci 11414255 ventricular fibrillation pulseless ventricular tachycardia initial rhythm 213 95ci 117422 bystander cpr 255 95ci 113573 female sex 308 95ci 149638 arrival time 129 95ci 111182 associated improved rosc using multivariate analysis using method found bystander cpr 505 95ci 2241139 witnessed arrest 998 95ci 2893444 final petco2 237 95ci 167337 initial petco2 161 95ci 128264 arrival time 139 95ci 133160 associated improved survival questionnaire potential bystanders revealed disappointing knowledge bls fundamentals side welcomed willingness potential bystanders take bls training follow dispatchers instructions telephone perform cpr ohca physicianbased prehospital setting region overall survival discharge 21 potential bystander community generally poorly educated performing cpr willing gain knowledge skills bls follow dispatchers instructions arrival time witnessed arrest bystander cpr initial petco2 final petco2 significantly positively related rosc admission survival prehospital data previous studies provide strong support petco2 133 kpa resuscitation threshold field opinion initial value petco2 included every utstein style analysis