PRACTICE OF CARDIO PLUMONARY RESUSCITATION AND ASSOSIATED FACTORS AMONG CLINICAL PRACTIONERS WORKING IN GURAGE ZONE PUBLIC HOSPITALS, SOUTH WEST ETHIOPIA, 2023: MULTICENTER STUDY

Abstract

Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of the most basic life-saving medical procedures that is performed on a patient who is experiencing an emergency cause. Cardiac arrest is one of the world's leading causes of death. To increase survival from cardiac arrest, clinical practitioners should have a fundamental understanding of basic life support and advanced cardiac life support techniques. However, knowledge and skills gap among health professionals with regard to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and management strategies for cardiac arrest is a global problem. As a result, assessing practice of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and associated factors among clinical practitioners is critical, as they manage of trauma and critically ill patients. Objective: To assess Practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and associated factors among clinical practitioners working in Gurage zone public hospitals, South West Ethiopia, 2023. Method: Cross-sectional study design was employed to assess, practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and associated factors among clinical practitioners working in Gurage zone public hospitals, South West Ethiopia from April 1/4/2023 up to April 21/4/20231. A simple random sampling technique was used to select three (3) hospitals from six public hospitals found in Gurage zone. After selection of 3 hospitals (WKUSH, Butajira, Gunichire) list of clinical practitioner’s nurses, physicians and midwifes was taken from Human and resources administration office of the hospitals and study participants were selected by using random sampling method. The study was including 354 clinical practitioners. Finally, the data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Result: 354 clinical practitioners in the study with response rate 96.2%, and among them 47.2%, 54.5%, and 37.9% had good knowledge, a favorable attitude, and good practice towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation, respectively. Setting, work experience knowledge and attitude towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation was significantly associated with Cardiopulmonary resuscitation practice on multivariate logistic regression (p≤0.05). Conclusion: This study identified that practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation is poor, only 37.9 % had good practice among clinical practitioners working in Gurage zone public hospitals as a result, further training is required to achieve desired outcome