AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) AMONG STUDENTS AT MAJMMAH UNIVERSITY: STATISTICAL STUDY
Fahad Saleh Al-Huqayl, Mohammed Salem Alotaibi, Talal Mislat Alotaibi, Ahmed Hamad Alhammad, Abdulrhman Mohammed Masmali, Ziyad Adnan Turkistani, Rawan Adel Mohammed and Omar Jamal Alwatban
ABSTRACT
A statistical study was performed to evaluate and analyze the
awareness of the students at Majmmah university about the basic life
support (BLS). A questionnaire model of 20 questions covering the
basic points of the subject was distributed over the students, and 3
questions covering the attitudes of the students. A total number of 219
students including 13% internship, 37% clinical phase and 50% basic
science academic students was participated in this cross-section study.
The responses of the students have been collected and analyzed using
the appropriate statistical methods. It has been shown that the
internship students have the maximum awareness about the BLS in comparison of the other
students. More than 60% of those students could give the correct answers of the questionnaire
model questions. While, the clinical phase and basic science students have the lowest
awareness about the BLS. Only 28% and 25% of the clinical phase and basic students,
respectively, could give the correct answer of the questionnaire model. It has been also shown
that question number 12, 8, and 10 were the most difficult questions for the internship,
clinical phase, and basic science students, respectively. A satisfactory limit could be
statistically estimated as the general average of all the performance calculated for all the
participating students. It has been shown that the awareness of both the clinical phase and
basic students were below this limit in most of the questions included in the questionnaire model. This could indicate to poor awareness for those students about the BLS. It has been
also shown that the students who had BLS practical training have got the highest awareness
about BLS. On the other hand, the students who did not have BLS practice training have got
unsatisfactory awareness about BLS. Therefore, it is highly recommended to provide
practical training courses to the students and to the public.
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