Open AccessHow much ambulance personnel know about basic life support (BLS)? A hospital-based study from Eastern India
Author(s) -
Upendra Hansda,
Sangeeta Sahoo,
Sankalan Biswas,
Chitta Ranjan Mohanty,
Sadananda Barik,
Prajna Paramita Giri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_680_20
Subject(s) - medicine , basic life support , medical emergency , advanced life support , emergency medical services , life support , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , emergency medicine , resuscitation , psychiatry
Basic life support (BLS) is an important component of emergency medical management. Ambulance personnel play a key role in resuscitation to save a life before reaching the hospital. We do not have any published data about the level of knowledge on BLS among the ambulance personnel.