Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

This voluntary, anonymous questionnaire survey was performed to assess the willingness of Basic Life Support (BLS) participants to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 55 dental students and 73 school teachers were assessed on their willingness to perform bystander CPR a...

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Main Authors: Chew, K S, Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu, Kamarul, B.A., Rashidi, A.
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) 2009
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11835/7/bystander_cardiopulmonary_resuscitation.pdf
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author Chew, K S
Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu
Kamarul, B.A.
Rashidi, A.
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Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu
Kamarul, B.A.
Rashidi, A.
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description This voluntary, anonymous questionnaire survey was performed to assess the willingness of Basic Life Support (BLS) participants to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 55 dental students and 73 school teachers were assessed on their willingness to perform bystander CPR after completion of their BLS training. In general, only 29.0% of the total 128 participants said that they would offer to perform CPR under any cardiac arrest condition and 69.0% said that they would just offer to call the ambulance but they would not offer to perform CPR. When analyzed separately, only 16.4% of school teachers said that they would perform CPR as compared to 45.5% of dental students (p < 0.001). Knowing how to perform CPR does not necessarily translate into willingness to perform CPR.
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spelling unimas-118352016-05-04T02:50:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11835/ Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Chew, K S Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu Kamarul, B.A. Rashidi, A. R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RZ Other systems of medicine This voluntary, anonymous questionnaire survey was performed to assess the willingness of Basic Life Support (BLS) participants to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 55 dental students and 73 school teachers were assessed on their willingness to perform bystander CPR after completion of their BLS training. In general, only 29.0% of the total 128 participants said that they would offer to perform CPR under any cardiac arrest condition and 69.0% said that they would just offer to call the ambulance but they would not offer to perform CPR. When analyzed separately, only 16.4% of school teachers said that they would perform CPR as compared to 45.5% of dental students (p < 0.001). Knowing how to perform CPR does not necessarily translate into willingness to perform CPR. Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11835/7/bystander_cardiopulmonary_resuscitation.pdf Chew, K S and Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu and Kamarul, B.A. and Rashidi, A. (2009) Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The Medical journal of Malaysia, 64 (3). pp. 205-9. ISSN 0300-5283
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RZ Other systems of medicine
Chew, K S
Yazid, Mohd Noh Abu
Kamarul, B.A.
Rashidi, A.
Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title_full Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title_fullStr Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title_full_unstemmed Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title_short Translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in Universiti Sains Malaysia and school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
title_sort translating knowledge to attitude: a survey on the perception of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation among dental students in universiti sains malaysia and school teachers in kota bharu, kelantan.
topic R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RZ Other systems of medicine
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11835/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11835/7/bystander_cardiopulmonary_resuscitation.pdf