Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 26-32
Knowledge on Basic Life Support (BLS): An Evaluative Study
Pradeep Singh B1, Flavia D’Souza2
1Asst. Professor Department of Medical Surgical Nursing K.L.E’S Institute Of Nursing Sciences, Ankola, Karnataka
2B.Sc.(N) IV year student, K.L.E’S Institute Of Nursing Sciences, Ankola, Karnataka
Corresponding Author: Pradeep Singh B
ABSTRACT
Background: Basic life support is the fundamental technique for the emergency treatment of cardiac arrest. The standardized training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been emphasized more than ever. Common people in developed countries have received people education of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Basic life support training is mandatory for nurses and is important as nurses often first discover the victims of cardiac arrest the victims of cardiac arrest in hospital. Available literature suggests a need for both initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and refresher courses. In this contest, the training of students to improve the knowledge and competency in basic life support is having most significance. it is because in future they are the one who is assessing and providing the needed care for the patient at the earlier stage. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge of selected PU college students regarding Basic Life Support by administrating knowledge questionnaire.
Methods: In this study, one group pre-test and another one post-test design was used to assess the knowledge of PU students on basic life support. In this study samples were selected 40 PU students of Ghokhale centenary college Ankola. Based on the research problem and objectives of the study the following steps were undertaken to select and develop the data collection. A structured knowledge questionnaire in English version is found to be appropriate instrument to elicit responses from the selected participants. The investigators developed planned teaching programme to assess the level of knowledge regarding Basic Life Support among P.U students and it is regulated to be an appropriate instrument. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Among the students All the P.U students 40 (100%) only belongs to age group of 17-20 years. Majority of P.U students 31 (77.5%) were female and minimum of students 9 (22.5%) were males.
Knowledge aspects: The paired‘t’ test established at 0.05 level of significance revealed that mean post test score of the samples is significantly higher than their mean pre-test knowledge scores which signifies that calculated value is greater than the table value.
Conclusion: The present study was undertaken assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding Basic Life Support and to associate it with the selected demographic variables.
The following conclusion was based on the findings. The results was described by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
- The study indicates that majority of samples 40 (100%) belonged to the age group of 17-20 years. Most of the samples 31 (77.5%) were female and 9 (22.5%) were males. All the sample were hindus. The family income of majority of samples 29 (72.5%) was less than 50,000.
- Maximum students 26 (65%) did not have any previous knowledge about basic Life Support. The source of information of maximum students were internet 5 (35.71%)and others.
- The paired ‘t’ test established at 0.05 level of significance revealed that mean post-test knowledge of the sample is significantly higher than their mean pre-test knowledge which shows that calculated value is greater than the table value. Hence the research hypothesis is accepted indicating that there was significant gain in knowledge regarding Basic Life Support through the planned teaching programme.
- The Chi- square established at 0.05 level of no significance denotes the association between the knowledge and demographic variables like age, gender, religion, previous knowledge, source of information, accident witnessed was less than the tabulated value and only the family income was more than the tabulated value, hence the association was not found with the demographic variables.
Key words: Basic life support, knowledge, an evaluative study
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