%0 Journal Article
%T How Much Do We Know About Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
%A Nazire Belgin Ak£¿ll£¿
%A Ba£¿ar Cander
%A Ramazan K£¿yl¨¹
%A Zerrin Defne D¨¹ndar
%J Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine
%D 2012
%I Aves Yayincilik
%X study, we aimed to investigate how much the physicians knew about resuscitation and the current guidelines were applied during the resuscitation. Materials and Methods: A total of 134 physicians working in the training and research hospitals, the university hospitals and 112 emergency medical services. A survey including questions about the participants¡¯ resuscitation knowledge, age, specialty, the university graduated from and the number of cardiopulmonary resuscitations (CPR)carried out in a month was performed. The level of knowledge of the physicians working in the training and research hospitals, the university hospitals and 112 emergency medical services were compared. Results: We determined that, while 24.6% (n=33) of the participants applied the ILCOR protocols correctly, 38.8% (n=52) of them applied the protocols incorrectly or incompletely and 24.6% (n=33) of them did not know the protocols. The evaluation was performed according to the physician¡¯s work place and the best results were obtained from the university hospital physicians, but the success rate was achieved in only around 50%. This rate was even lower in the training and research hospital and 112 emergency medical services groups. Conclusion: By reviewing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation training system in Turkey, implementation of resuscitation protocols with more current information should be provided. We believe that it is necessary to establish the in-service training programs, including the emergency medical system, as a part of training for using current information in daily practice.
%K Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
%K training
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