PRACTICE REGARDING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS

Author Name: 1. Mrs. Thangam Sheela Rosaline, 2. Dr.Rajarani

Volume/Issue: 04/05

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2023-77112814/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Ph. D. Scholar, Himalayana University, Itanagar, Arunachala Pradesh, India.
2. Ph. D. Guide, Himalayana University, Itanagar, Arunachala Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT

Cardiac arrest is an important public health issue, accounting for 15-20% of all deaths. According to WHO, it is also a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Cardiac If not treated immediately, a cardiac arrest can result in abrupt death. Survival is achievable with prompt and effective medical care. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a life-saving medical therapy for people who have had a sudden cardiac arrest. It is also done to manually preserve complete brain function until further efforts to restore normal unprompted blood circulation and respiration in cardiac arrest are conducted. Objective: To assess the practice regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nursing students Methods: Descriptive research design was used. This study included 60 students. Practice checklist was used to assess the skill and chi-square test used to see the association between dependent and independent variables. Result: In this study, level of practice regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation level of skills regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation pretest level skills 10(100%) poor skills 50(083.33%) good skills. Age, Gender, religion, Course of study, Family history of cardiac disease, Aware about cardio pulmonary resuscitation, source of information regarding cardio pulmonary resuscitation, Classes on cardio pulmonary resuscitation within the last 6 months had shown no statistically significant association with the pretest levels of skills regarding cardio pulmonary resuscitation among students. Conclusion: Despite the fact that more than half of students had good skill, so students required proper skill development about cardio pulmonary resuscitation.

Key words: Practice , Nursing Students, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.