Background: Emergency codes are comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident management, includes the command and coordination of incidents, resource management, and information management. Therefore, it is important for all residents, doctors and staff to be aware and have knowledge about it. Aims: 1) To assess the knowledge and awareness about emergency colour codes among resident doctors and nursing staffs of tertiary care health centre. 2) To find out the training status of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support among resident doctors and nursing staffs. Methods and Material: A cross sectional study was conducted on all the resident doctors and the nursing staffs in UPUMS Saifai, Etawah. A pre-designed and pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to get the desired information. The questions were pertaining to knowledge and awareness of emergency codes, ACLS, BLS and training regarding to it. Data were entered in excel sheet and were analysed by using IBM SPSS version 25. Descriptive statistics was calculated for quantitative variables. Chi-square and Fischer-exact test was used for analysis of categorical variables. P value less than 0.05 was taken statistically significant. Results: Out of 120 participants, 60% (72/ 120) were resident doctors and 40% (48/ 120) were nursing staffs. Most of the resident doctors (47/ 72) were trained in Basic Life Support as compared to Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Conclusions: Knowledge and awareness regarding emergency colour codes was very poor among resident doctors and nursing staffs and also training was not done in BLS and ACLS.
Context: Maternal mortality is considered a key health indicator of Maternal and Child Health. Considering the fact that complications are preventable and most of them are modifiable, the study has been planned to analyse maternal deaths in order to suggest recommendations for preventing it. There are various delays according to the three-delay model at primary and secondary level; therefore, interventions are needed at those levels to prevent maternal deaths. Aims: To determine the various direct and indirect causes of maternal deaths, analyse the association of medical and social factors with maternal deaths and ^to determine the predictors of maternal deaths. Settings and Design: Hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study of all the maternal deaths occurring in the last 4 years at a tertiary health care facility. Methods and Material: Data were collected from the Facility Based Maternal Death Review forms. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were entered and analysed by IBM SPSS version 25.0 software. Results: For maternal deaths, direct obstetric causes were responsible in 128 (74.4%) and indirect causes in 45 (26.2%) cases followed by unspecified causes in 78 (45.3%) and 1 (0.6%) coincidental cause. Statistically significant associations were observed between maternal death and period of gestation, mode of delivery and outcome of delivery ( P = 0.12, P = 0.04 and P < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: The health professionals of primary and secondary level should be well equipped to diagnose the complications and to manage it as early as possible. Thus, maternal mortality rates can be decreased to significant level.
Background & Objective:Assessing the undergraduate medical students' knowledge regarding COVID-19 to determine any gaps in their learning and any misinformation is essential. This study aimed to access the awareness regarding COVID-19 and related myths among undergraduate medical students. Materials & Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted on undergraduate medical students in a tertiary healthcare teaching institute in a district of central Uttar Pradesh. Unpaired t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to determine any differences among the mean scores of awareness and myths among gender and batch years. We used boxplots to represent the overall and section-wise correct percentages. ResultsOut of the total 800 students, 494 (61.7%) participated in the study. Most of the participants were first-year MBBS students, 158 (32.0%), and were males (280, 56.7%). The average performance regarding the awareness and myth related to COVID-19 was satisfactory, with a 72.5% overall correct mean score. According to modified Bloom's cut-off, 406 (82.2%) students performed moderately, followed by 81 (16.4%) students who performed good, and seven (1.4%) performed poorly. Although the majority 489 (99.0%) knew the correct taxonomy of the virus causing COVID-19, 60.0% and 43.0% had difficulty defining the SARS-CoV-2 virus and close contacts, respectively. There was a drastic variation in response to the physical distancing criteria, with only 71 (14.4 %) answered correctly. Conclusion:As the guidelines regarding COVID-19 are dynamic, there is a need for regular training of undergraduate medical students, focusing on infection control and prevention to keep them updated with the latest and upcoming guidelines.
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