Open AccessTheoretical knowledge and self-assessed ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a survey among 3044 healthcare professionals in Sweden
Author(s) -
Jennie Silverplats,
Marie-Louise Södersved Källestedt,
Philippe Wagner,
Annica Ravn-Fischer,
Björn Äng,
Anneli Strömsöe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1473-5695
pISSN - 0969-9546
DOI - 10.1097/mej.0000000000000692
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary resuscitation , attendance , medicine , test (biology) , likert scale , health care , scale (ratio) , health professionals , nursing , medical emergency , psychology , family medicine , resuscitation , emergency medicine , paleontology , developmental psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , biology , economic growth
Theoretical knowledge and ability to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are unknown with regard to provided training. The aim of this study was to evaluate in-hospital healthcare professionals' (HCPs) theoretical knowledge of CPR and their self-assessed ability to perform CPR and also to assess possible affecting factors.