Madavan Nambiar|Nisanth Menon Nedungalaparambil|O. P. Aslesh
Is current training in basic and advanced cardiac life support (BLS &amp; ACLS) effective? A study of BLS &amp; ACLS knowledge amongst healthcare professionals of North-Kerala
Temple University|Alberta Health Services|Alberta Health Services|Temple University|Alberta Health Services|Temple University
healthcare professionals expected knowledge current basic advanced cardiac life support blsacls guidelines revive unresponsive patientsa crosssectional study conducted evaluate current practices knowledge blsacls principles among healthcare professionals northkerala using pretested selfadministered structured questionnaire answers validated accordance american heart associations blsacls teaching manual results analysedamong 461 healthcare professionals 141 306 practicing physicians 268 581 nurses 52 113 supporting staff maximum achievable score 20 bls 15acls 5 mean score amongst healthcare professionals 8947 mean score among physicians nurses support staff 8634 936 933 respectively majority healthcare professionals scored 50 237 514 204 443 scored 5180 20 434 scored 80 mean scores decreased age male sex across occupation nurses underwent blsacls training previously significantly higher mean scores 10234 untrained 8236 p0001 physicians 5 years experience p0002 nurses private sector p0003 significantly higher scores one hundred sixty three 353 healthcare professionals knew correct airway opening manoeuvres like head tilt chin lift jaw thrust 54 117 respondents aware atropine used acls cardiac arrest resuscitation 79 171 correctly opted ventricular fibrillation pulseless ventricular tachycardia shockable rhythms majority healthcare professionals 356 772 suggested blsacls included academic curriculuminadequate knowledge blsacls principles amongst healthcare professionals especially physicians illuminate lacunae existing training systems merit urgent redressal