Abstract
Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the emergency procedure used to salvage victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. It should be carried out with great urgency to avoid permanent brain damage or even death that would result if the victim stays from 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen.
 The aim of study: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on the skills of cardio pulmonary resuscitation among the nursing staff in the Khartoum Teaching, Ahmed Gasim, Omdurman Teaching, and the Khartoum North Teaching hospitals.
 Methods: A quasi experimental design pretest/posttest for the same group. The study was conducted in the intensive care units in Khartoum hospitals. The study sample consisted of 100 nurses. Data was collected by a questionnaire and an observational checklist. The intervention program was in a form of lectures guidelines book. Data were analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS).
 Results: the study showed the Nurses' skills before implementation program poor (57%) good (31%) very good (12%). Nurses' skills after implementation program poor (4%) good (18%) very good (78%), (P value 0.002).
 Conclusion: The study concluded that educational program had a significant impact related to the improvement of the nurses' practice post application of the program.
 Key words: Training program, Practice, Nurses, Intensive Care Unit.
Highlights
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of mouth to mouth rescue breathing and chest compressions
Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the emergency procedure used to salvage victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest
It has been documented that 33% to 40% of cardiac arrests in developed countries occur in the hospital setting, and of the arrests that occur in the hospital setting more than 60% are first recognized by nurses (WHO, 2009)
Summary
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of mouth to mouth rescue breathing and chest compressions. In order to ensure patient survival, nurses who are often the first responders in resuscitation should be adequately prepared to provide effective advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) (4). Nurses must improve their skill with training and repeated practice. Nurses must learn this skill, especially in their first aid lectures during nursing education This training must be repeated, as studies have shown that the current level of CPR knowledge and skills is insufficient, and that there is a significant decrease in knowledge and skill retention of skills after a while. Ashraf Abdelrhman Elbashir, International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies (IJMBS)
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