Medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation and current practice guidelines

摘要: Summary Purpose of the study Every member a healthcare organisation should be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation (CPR-D). The purpose this cohort was examine medical nursing student's beliefs attitudes toward CPR-D current practice guidelines. Materials methods A pilot questionnaire concerning distributed 120 fourth year students. After statistical analyses (Cronbach's alpha), modified increase its reliability. second version via e-mail 100 final sixth students had 2 weeks answer questionnaire. reminder sent after 1 week. Results answered by 71 (59.1%), 56 (56.0%) 76 (63.3%) Seventy percent year, 85.8% (sixth) 70.0% (fourth) felt confident about their ability basic life support ( p Conclusions Medical students' mature as hoped for, but need encouragement. More information is needed diminish anxiety defibrillation. Negative affect