Retention of knowledge of and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation among healthcare providers after training

“…Most studies investigating knowledge and skill retention find variable levels of decline over different time frames, which is often explained by the inability to control relevant variables that could impact on the longer term results, such as levels of prior knowledge, proficiency of precourse skills, clinical experience and encountering relevant situations in the workplace. [25][26][27] Again, it is crucial to reinforce the benefits of short courses through continuing clinical experience 28 as repetition promotes skill retention, 29 and where opportunities to manage rare clinical situations are limited, access to in-house training should be mandatory to maintain skills.…”

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Perceived changes in the knowledge and confidence of doctors and midwives to manage obstetric emergencies following completion of an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course in Australia

Walker

Fetherston

McMurray

2013

Aust NZ J Obst Gynaeco

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Background The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course is an internationally recognised interprofessional course to support health professionals to develop and maintain the knowledge and skills to manage obstetric emergencies. Aims This study investigated changes in confidence and perceived changes in the knowledge of doctors and midwives to manage specific obstetric emergency situations following completion of an ALSO course in Australia. Methods A prospective repeated‐measures survey design was used to survey 165 course attendees from four Australian states pre‐ and postcourse and at six weeks (n = 101). Data were analysed using a Friedman two‐way repeated‐measures analysis of variance and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results There was a significant improvement in confidence and perceived knowledge of the recommended management of all 17 emergency situations immediately postcourse (P < 0.001) and at six weeks postcourse (P < 0.001) when compared to precourse levels for both groups of health professionals. However, a significant decrease in knowledge and confidence for many emergency situations from immediately postcourse to six weeks postcourse (P < 0.05) was also observed in both groups. Conclusions Completion of the Australian ALSO course in Australia has a positive effect on the confidence and perceived knowledge of doctors and midwives to manage obstetric emergencies. However, there needs to be some means of reinforcing the effects of the course for longer term maintenance of knowledge and confidence.

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“…It is an important life-saving technique, which can help maintain oxygenated blood circulation in the body 1. CPR will be continued until the heart can be restarted 2…”

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Attitude and skill levels of graduate health professionals in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Gebremedhn

Gebregergs

Anderson

et al. 2017

AMEP

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BackgroundCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure used to treat victims following cardiopulmonary arrest. Graduate health professionals at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital manage many trauma and critically ill patients. The chance of survival after cardiopulmonary arrest may be increased with sufficient attitude and skill levels. The study aimed to assess the attitude and skill levels of graduate health professionals in performing CPR.MethodsA hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 1 to 30, 2013, at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital. The mean attitude and skill scores were compared for sex, original residence, and department of the participants using Student’s t-test and analysis of variance (Scheffe’s test). P-values <0.05 were considered to be statistically significant.ResultsOf the 506 graduates, 461 were included in this study with a response rate of 91.1%. The mean attitude scores of nurse, interns, health officer, midwifery, anesthesia, and psychiatric nursing graduates were 1.15 (standard deviation [SD] =1.67), 8.21 (SD =1.24), 7.2 (SD =1.49), 6.69 (SD =1.83), 8.19 (SD =1.77), and 7.29 (SD =2.01), respectively, and the mean skill scores were 2.34 (SD =1.95), 3.77 (SD =1.58), 1.18 (SD =1.52), 2.16 (SD =1.93), 3.88 (SD =1.36), and 1.21 (SD =1.77), respectively.Conclusion and recommendationsAttitude and skill level of graduate health professionals with regard to CPR were insufficient. Training on CPR for graduate health professionals needs to be given emphasis.

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Retention of knowledge of and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation among healthcare providers after training

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Perceived changes in the knowledge and confidence of doctors and midwives to manage obstetric emergencies following completion of an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course in Australia

Attitude and skill levels of graduate health professionals in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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