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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills of hospital medical and nursing staff members
Author(s) -
Coucke C. Roger,
Dobb Geoffrey J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb139448.x
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary resuscitation , basic life support , test (biology) , medicine , resuscitation , nursing , nursing staff , advanced life support , advanced cardiac life support , medical emergency , emergency medicine , paleontology , biology
The cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills of 160 staff members at a large metropolitan teaching hospital were assessed by a multiple choice questionnaire and a practical test of basic life support skills on a manikin. Medical staff members performed significantly better than did nurses in the multiple choice test, but significantly worse in the practical test; 48 (60%) of 80 nurses and only 26 (32.5%) of 80 doctors passed the practical test. Training in resuscitation by the St John Ambulance Association as a medical student may have improved the basic life support skills of doctors but there is clearly a need for continued revision and assessment of resuscitation skills.