TY - JOUR
T1 - General population's eagerness and knowledge regarding basic life support
T2 - A community based study in Jakarta, Indonesia
AU - Pranata, Raymond
AU - Wiharja, Wendy
AU - Fatah, Abraham
AU - Lukito, Antonia Anna
AU - Yamin, Muhammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 INDIACLEN
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Background: Basic life support (BLS) performed by general population improves outcomes in cardiorespiratory collapse. This community-based study aims to measure the general population's eagerness in learning BLS, knowledge regarding early recognition, and use an automated external defibrillator. Methods: This was a cross-sectional community-based study in Jakarta using questionnaire. Numerous questions asked through a questionnaire in order to evaluate the general population's eagerness and knowledge about basic life support. Results: There were 303 respondents in this study. Most respondents stated that knowledge about BLS is important and was eager to learn; however, only 39.6% of respondents have ever done BLS training. 59.4% of respondents have ever looked for information or read about BLS. 63.6% of respondents chose to call an ambulance for the first reaction, while 36,5% of respondents preferred to look for a pulse. Most of the respondents know to check the carotid pulse in the neck. 77.4% of respondents know that chest compression was done on mid-chest. 81.5% of respondents agreed that CPR was preferably done repeatedly in a specific rhythm, but giving one despite the method is better than none. Only 49.5% of respondents wanted to give mouth-to-mouth ventilation. Most respondents thought that they are not allowed to use AED, and only a small proportion had seen AED in public. Conclusion: Most of the respondents agreed that BLS is important. Respondents have satisfying knowledge about how to react while encountering an unconscious person. Most respondents have not seen AED and most likely didn't know how to use it.
AB - Background: Basic life support (BLS) performed by general population improves outcomes in cardiorespiratory collapse. This community-based study aims to measure the general population's eagerness in learning BLS, knowledge regarding early recognition, and use an automated external defibrillator. Methods: This was a cross-sectional community-based study in Jakarta using questionnaire. Numerous questions asked through a questionnaire in order to evaluate the general population's eagerness and knowledge about basic life support. Results: There were 303 respondents in this study. Most respondents stated that knowledge about BLS is important and was eager to learn; however, only 39.6% of respondents have ever done BLS training. 59.4% of respondents have ever looked for information or read about BLS. 63.6% of respondents chose to call an ambulance for the first reaction, while 36,5% of respondents preferred to look for a pulse. Most of the respondents know to check the carotid pulse in the neck. 77.4% of respondents know that chest compression was done on mid-chest. 81.5% of respondents agreed that CPR was preferably done repeatedly in a specific rhythm, but giving one despite the method is better than none. Only 49.5% of respondents wanted to give mouth-to-mouth ventilation. Most respondents thought that they are not allowed to use AED, and only a small proportion had seen AED in public. Conclusion: Most of the respondents agreed that BLS is important. Respondents have satisfying knowledge about how to react while encountering an unconscious person. Most respondents have not seen AED and most likely didn't know how to use it.
KW - Automated external defibrillator
KW - Basic life support
KW - Cardiac arrest
KW - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - General population
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cegh.2019.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cegh.2019.12.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076835690
SN - 2213-3984
VL - 8
SP - 567
EP - 569
JO - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
IS - 2
ER -