Knowledge and Attitude About Basic Life Support Among School Teachers in Eastern Province

Dr.Rabab Mahdi Alhamaqi; Dr.Diaa Abdulwahid Alghanim; Dr.Elham Aljanahi

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Knowledge and Attitude About Basic Life Support Among School Teachers in Eastern Province

Dr. Rabab Mahdi Alhamaqi, Dr. Diaa Abdulwahid Alghanim, Dr. Elham Aljanahi

Abstract :

introduction: Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a vital life–saving intervention, easy skills to learn and performed when witnessing a victim of cardiopulmonary arrest. since the School teachers are the first line of interventions in schools where students spend 7 to 8 hours per day thus any life–threatening situation could happen so, School teachers must be aware of BLS performance. this study conducted to assess the awareness and attitude of School teachers regarding BLS. Methodology An analytic cross–sectional study through self–administered modified questionnaire among 469 from school teachers in Qatif, Dammam and Khobar city, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. the questionnaire was validated by 8 experts from family medicine experts, public health and department of emergency, The questionnaire is divided into five main parts as follows: demographic data section ,Knowledge towards BLS performance ability, Attitude towards BLS. And Barriers. Results: only 23.8 % of school teachers had previous training, about half of school teachers had poor BLS knowledge. 25.8% Knew the contact numbers for emergency ,44.4% knew what the first step in BLS. only 14.1% are competent to do BLS if indicated. Majority of secondary school teachers are willing to enroll in BLS courses (92.9%) and Majority of them (90.7%) agree that BLS should be a part of school curriculum . in another hand only (35.3%) agreed that BLS training should be mandatory to their job�s certification. conclusion: Although a majority of teachers not received previous CPR training, and had poor BLS knowledge, willingness to have BLS training was high and having BLS as a part school�s curriculum was recommended by the majority of the teachers