Awareness of Radiology Staff toward Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at Taif Hospitals, Saudi Arabia

Rania Mohammed Ahmed; Suheir A. M. Sayed; Elsiddiq Amal I; Nagwan Elhussein; Afaf Taha; Azhar Elqethami; Haneen Sahara

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Awareness of Radiology Staff toward Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at Taif Hospitals, Saudi Arabia

Rania Mohammed Ahmed, Suheir A. M. Sayed, Elsiddiq Amal I, Nagwan Elhussein, Afaf Taha, Azhar Elqethami, Haneen Sahara

Abstract :

Objectives:Knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and practice of simple CPR techniques increase the chances of survival of the patient until experienced medical help arrives. This study aim to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of radiology departments staff in Taif hospitalsregarding (CPR).Patients and Methods: After approval a cross sectional study questionnaire was designed. Eighty tow radiology technologists which agreed to participate in the study (male and female) were selected in four referral hospitals in Taif city, Saudi Arabia. Accordingly, the researchers developed a questionnaire; consisted of three parts including demographic data, knowledge questions and attitude questions. Data collection was performed using interview method. Results:Total of 82 questionnaires were completed. None of the participants had attended a training program since employment. A significant correlations were observed between sourceof knowledge about CPR , age and gender(P ≤ 0.08& 0.01)respectively. Attitude of the study sample and age (P ≤ 0.02).Significant difference was observed between male and female subjects’ technical knowledge (P ≥ 0.05) and attitude (P ≥ 0.008 &.007) respectively. Conclusions: It can be concluded that, although the knowledge of participants towards CPR was positive in general(97.4%), their attitude was relatively poor (37.8%). This finding should urge decision–makers to consider delivering in–service training courses to radiology technologists considering the increasing number of patients referred to radiology departments.