Chest Compression-only Resuscitation Research Articles

Knowledge and Attitude Towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among Doctors of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi.

ObjectiveCardiac arrest is an emergency, which can be managed effectively by sound knowledge and practice of basic life support (BLS) skills. However, it has been globally reported that the knowledge of doctors regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and BLS is sub-standard. We conducted this study with the aim to assess the knowledge and attitude of doctors toward CPR in Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital, one of the largest tertiary care hospitals, in Pakistan.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study, in Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital located in Karachi, Pakistan, using cluster sampling. A total of 285 doctors were interviewed.ResultsA majority of the doctors were unaware of the revised rate and depth of chest compressions (65.6% and 75.8% respectively). While many know the abbreviations of BLS and CPR (96.55% and 95.4%, respectively), 56.5% did not know what automated external defibrillator (AED) stood for. CPR was preferred over chest compression-only resuscitation (CCR) by 91.6% of the doctors. Half of the participants rated their knowledge as average. Most stated that they will not be reluctant to perform CPR in an emergency situation. The majority also agreed that BLS training should be an integral part of the medical curriculum.ConclusionThere is an evident lack of knowledge of CPR among healthcare professionals, particularly regarding the updates made in the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. However, an overall positive attitude was observed.

Knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation amongst Asian primary health care physicians.

To assess the knowledge and attitudes of local primary health care physicians in relation to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation. We conducted a survey on general practitioners in Singapore by using a self-administered questionnaire that comprised 29 questions. The response rate was 80%, with 60 of 75 physicians completing the questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 52 years. Sixty percent of them reported that they knew how to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED), and 38% had attended AED training. Only 36% were willing to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation during CPR, and 53% preferred chest compression-only resuscitation (CCR) to standard CPR. We found those aged <50 years were more likely to be trained in basic cardiac life support (BCLS) (P < 0.001) and advanced cardiac life support (P = 0.005) or to have ever attended to a patient with cardiac arrest (P = 0.007). Female physicians tended to agree that all clinics should have AEDs (P = 0.005) and support legislation to make AEDs compulsory in clinics (P < 0.001). We also found that a large proportion of physicians who were trained in BCLS (P = 0.006) were willing to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation. Most local primary care physicians realize the importance of defibrillation, and the majority prefer CCR to standard CPR.

Abstract 2011: Basic Resuscitation with Chest Compression Only for Patients Who Had Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Not Witnessed by Bystanders

BACKGROUND SOS-KANTO study showed that bystander chest compression-only resuscitation was the preferable approach to resuscitation for adult patients with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ( Lancet 2007 ; 369 ), but few clinical studies have focused on the efficacy of basic resuscitation with chest compression only for patients with unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS SOS-KANTO study was conducted in 58 emergency hospitals and emergency medical service units. On arrival at the scene, paramedics assessed the technique of basic resuscitation and asked additional questions. The primary endpoint was favorable neurological outcome 30 days after cardiac arrest. RESULTS Of the 9,592 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 4,347 adult patients with unwitnessed arrest were included; 385 (8.9%) received chest compression-only resuscitation, 507 (11.7%) received chest compression plus mouth-to-mouth ventilation resuscitation, and 3,456 (79.5%) received no resuscitation. Any resuscitation attempt was associated with a higher proportion of the favorable neurological outcome than no resuscitation (1.1% vs. 0.4%, p=0.009). The chest compression-only resuscitation group had higher proportions of the favorable neurological outcome than the no resuscitation group in the whole cohort (1.3% vs. 0.4%, p=0.018) and in the subgroups of patients with cardiac causes (2.0% vs. 0.6%, p=0.018) and with time interval from EMS call to arrival at patient’s side for ≤ 8 min (2.0% vs. 0.6%, p=0.020). However, the chest compression-only resuscitation group had a similar proportion of the favorable neurological outcome than the chest compression plus ventilation resuscitation in the whole cohort (1.3% vs. 1.0%, p=0.662) and there was no evidence for any benefit from the addition of ventilation in any subgroups. The adjusted odds ratios for the favorable neurological outcome after chest compression-only resuscitation and after chest compression plus ventilation resuscitation were 3.4 (95% CI, 1.1 to 10.5, p=0.033) and 3.3 (95% CI, 1.1 to 10.1 p=0.035). CONCLUSIONS Basic resuscitation with chest compression only is the preferable approach to resuscitation even though the adult patients with unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.