P0684 / #1685: EXPERIENCE OF HANDLING PEDIATRIC CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AMONG PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL FOLLOWING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING: A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY

Abstract

Aims & Objectives: Despite regular advanced life support courses, literature has shown that pediatric healthcare personnel remain hesitant to perform lifesaving resuscitation maneuvers. This study was designed to compare the experience and ease of handling cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after advanced life support (ALS) training between personals trained less then 6 months with more than 12 months ago. Methods:Design: Prospective observational study (January 2019- December 2019). Setting: Questionnaire based study in department of pediatrics. Participants: Pediatric residents and nursing staff. Outcome: i) Experience and ease of handling CPR ii) Comparison between group-A (ALS trained less than 6 months ago) and group-B (ALS trained more than 12 months ago) Results: Total 102 participants (89 residents and 13 nurses) were studied with equal gender distribution (50 male and 52 female). Group-A had 45 participants and group-B had 57. In Group-A, 25; 55% participated in CPR for at least 10 times versus 52; 91.3% in Group B (p=0.01). Very few participated in CPR as a team leader in both the group 11 (24.4%) versus 45 (79%) respectively. Both the groups were familiar with defibrillator 88 (86%) but only 21 (46%) in group-A and 48 (84%) in group-B had used defibrillator at least once (p=0.01). Most of them felt difficulty in handling defibrillator. Conclusions: Leadership quality and confidence in conducting the CPR and handling the defibrillator during CPR was lacking in pediatric healthcare professionals. This emphasizes the need of regular simulation sessions besides ALS courses