A Study on the Assessment of Knowledge about Basic Life Support among Undergraduate and Post graduate Science Students
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https://doi.org/10.61427/jcpr.v4.i2.2024.123Keywords:
Basic Life Support, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Medical EmergencyAbstract
Aim: To assess the knowledge about basic life support among undergraduate and post graduate science students.
Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted among the students of different colleges with various science courses. A total of 140 study participants were included in the study based on the study criteria. The data was collected using a questionnaire designed with the google form. The questionnaire consists of 20 questions regarding the basic life support. The google form was circulated among the social media groups and the responses recorded were analysed and interpreted. Students of both the genders of age above 18 years studying various science courses were included and students other than the life science courses in various colleges were excluded from the study.
Results: A total of 140 study participants were included in this study. Among them, 45 (32.1%) were found to be males and 95 (67.9%) were found to be females. Most of the study participants were in the age group 21-25 years (56.4%). In this study, a total of 20 questions were given in order to assess the knowledge of the students in the aspect of basic life support. Among the 140 study participants, 59 (42.1%) were observed to be with good knowledge, 75 (53.6%) were observed with moderate knowledge and 6 (4.3%) were observed to be with poor knowledge in the aspect of basic life support.
Conclusion: In this study, most of the study participants were having moderate knowledge (53.6%) followed by good knowledge (42.1%) in the aspect of basic life support. Almost 95.7% were having ample knowledge in the aspect of dealing the basic life support measures which seems to be very good sign and lack of knowledge in dealing these aspects among the various science background students will definitely impact the society in a negative way. In conclusion, we recommend the training in CPR/BLS should be implemented in the curriculum of all the students itself which will definitely be a valuable life saving skill set to the society.
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