Reza Pourmirza Kalhori|Moslem Najafi|Azadeh Foroughinia|Fatemeh Mahmoodi
A study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation literacy among the personnel of universities of medical sciences based in Kermanshah and Khuzestan provinces based on the latest 2015 cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines
Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar Branch|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences
cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr regarded important skill medical staff required aware latest changes cpr guidelines take effective actions critical conditions cpr therefore present study aimed determine levels cpr literacy among personnel universities medical sciences based kermanshah khuzestan provinces based latest 2015 cpr guidelines 2019in descriptive analytical crosssectional study 525 subjects selected sample population using twostage cluster sampling data collection researchermade questionnaire used whose content validity reliability confirmed r 071 study screened data received analyzed valid data set ttest spearmans correlation coefficient incorporating spss statistics software version 230 addition p 005 considered statistically significantthe 2015 cpr literacy levels samples follows excellent 85 subjects 162 good 404 subjects 77 average 36 subjects 69 results pearsons correlation coefficient revealed weak inverse relationship levels cpr literacy age samples r 0092 work experience 0029 statistically significant addition results mannwhitney utest demonstrated level cpr literacy among personnel ahwaz university medical sciences exceeded among personnel kermanshah university medical sciences p 0001it suggested retraining nursing paramedical personnel cpr carried emphasis changes introduced guideline compared 2010 including esophageal tracheal airway reasons cessation cpr intraosseous infusion induced hypothermia