Abstract
Background: The purpose of BLS is to maintain adequate ventilation and circulation until a means can be used to reverse the underlying cause of cardiac arrest.Worse outcomes are obtained when BLS is being done by non-trained persons. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of BLS among KIBOGORA district hospital staff and the impact of BLS training on retaining BLS skills among clinical and non-clinical KIBOGORA hospital staff. Materials and Methods: This pilot study was conducted in KIBOGORA hospital. A pre training test was given to every participant and after the training, a posttest was given to all participants. Before completing the pretest questionnaire, each participant had to choose a code made of at least 2 characters and the same code had to appear on the posttest questionnaire of the same participant. A grading system was used to categorize the level of participants’ knowledge on BLS skills. Results: Among 196 trained staff, 40 completed the pre training questionnaire .82.50 % of the subjects that completed the pre training questionnaire were clinical staff whereas 17.50% were non clinical staff. 54.55% and 33.33% of the clinical staff had respectively poor and fair knowledge on Basic Life Support (BLS) and only 6.06% were good at BLS however none of clinical staff was very good or excellent on BLS. All of the non-clinical staff that participated in the study had either a poor or fair knowledge on BLS. After the training, both clinical and non-clinical staff that completed the pre-training questionnaire, completed the post training questionnaire.30.30% of clinical staff that completed the questionnaire were good on BLS.The number of participants with an average or fair knowledge on BLSwere 27.27% in each category. 6.06% and 3.03% were excellent or very good on Basic Life Support. On the other hand, 42.86% and 28.57% of non-clinical staff had respectively poor and fair knowledge on BLS. Conclusion: After the training, knowledge on BLS improved both for clinical and non-clinical staff however more refresher courses are needed to reduce the gap seen in theoretical knowledge as well as practical skills
Highlights
Basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) are part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Among 196 trained staff, 40 completed the pre training questionnaire .82.50 % of the subjects that completed the pre training questionnaire were clinical staff whereas 17.50% were non clinical staff. 54.55% and 33.33% of the clinical staff had respectively poor and fair knowledge on Basic Life Support (BLS) and only 6.06% were good at BLS none of clinical staff was very good or excellent on BLS
54.55% and 33.33% of the clinical staff that participated in the study had respectively poor and fair knowledge on Basic Life Support (BLS) and only 6.06% were good at BLS none of clinical staff was very good or excellent on BLS as shown in the figure2
Summary
Basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) are part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In most of the cases, there is a high probability that a person with cardiac arrest does not receive CPR presumably due to a lack of competence of the bystanders witnessing the emergency [3].And in order to provide high-quality CPR, it is important that responders act as a high-performance team as this forms the cornerstone of any successful resuscitation event [4]. Sometimes that is not the case and worse outcomes are obtained when BLS is being done by non-trained persons. The purpose of BLS is to maintain adequate ventilation and circulation until a means can be used to reverse the underlying cause of cardiac arrest.Worse outcomes are obtained when BLS is being done by non-trained persons
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