Universität zu Köln

Baldi, Enrico ORCID: 0000-0002-6360-224X, Contri, Enrico, Bailoni, Alessandra, Rendic, Kristina, Turcan, Valeria, Donchev, Nikola, Nadareishvili, Ilia, Petrica, Ana-Maria, Yerolemidou, Irene, Petrenko, Anastasiia, Franke, Johannes, Labbe, Gabrielle, Jashari, Redon, Dali, Alba Perez, Borg, Jordy, Hertenberger, Niklas and Boettiger, BerndW. (2019). Final-year medical students' knowledge of cardiac arrest and CPR: We must do more! Int. J. Cardiol., 296. S. 76 - 81. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1874-1754

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Abstract

Background: Students are an important part of the community response to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). If even schoolchildren now know cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even more the reason a young doctor should know how to treat an OHCA. The aim of our study was to assess medical students' knowledge of CPR and OHCA throughout Europe. Methods: An online survey was given to final-year students by the Medical Student Associations of different countries. Results: 1012 medical students from 99 different universities and 14 different countries completed the questionnaire. A total of 82.2% attended a BLS or BLS/AED course, provided by the University in only 69.7% of cases. In 84.3% it was a mandatory part of their degree. A total of 78.6% felt able to rescue a person in OHCA. Only 49.3% knew that 'unresponsiveness' and 'absence of normal breathing' are sufficient for lay people to identify an OHCA, and less than half of those interviewed knew the incidence of OHCA in Europe and the decrease in chance of survival if CPR is not performed. The correct compression: ventilation ratio was known by 90.2%, the correct compression depth by 69.7%, whilst only 57.8% knew the right compression rate. In total, 69.7% knew that an AED must be used immediately when available, and only 57.2% recognized the AED symbol. Conclusions: Medical students' knowledge of cardiac arrest and CPR needs to be improved throughout Europe and we believe that BLS/AED training should be mandatory in all European Universities. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Baldi, Enrico UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-224X UNSPECIFIED Contri, Enrico UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bailoni, Alessandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rendic, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Turcan, Valeria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Donchev, Nikola UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Nadareishvili, Ilia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Petrica, Ana-Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Yerolemidou, Irene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Petrenko, Anastasiia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Franke, Johannes UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Labbe, Gabrielle UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jashari, Redon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dali, Alba Perez UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Borg, Jordy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hertenberger, Niklas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Boettiger, BerndW. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-126772
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.016
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Cardiol.
Volume:	296
Page Range:	S. 76 - 81
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication:	CLARE
ISSN:	1874-1754
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BASIC LIFE-SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION; SAVE LIVES; AWARENESS; SURVIVAL; DEFIBRILLATION; ASSOCIATION; GUIDELINES; MANAGEMENT; CHILDREN Multiple languages Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/12677