Healthcare professionals' knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding defibrillator use in pediatric emergency and intensive care clinics
Other publications > Other · 2021
Authors: Okşan Güleryüz, GÖKHAN KALKAN, Mutlu Uysal Yazici, Ebru Azapağası, NAZİK YENER, MUHAMMED UDURGUCU, CANDEMİR KARACAN, HALİSE AKÇA, EBRU ATİKE ONGUN, OZLEM SARAÇ-SANDAL, ÖZLEM ÖZGÜR HOROZ, FARUK EKİNCİ, MURAT DUMAN, ALİ ÖZTÜRK, NİLDEN TUYGUN, AYLA AKÇA ÇAĞLAR, İHSAN ÖZDEMİR, GOKSEL VATANSEVER, AYTAC GOKTUG, SEVCAN BİLEN, GAMZE GOKULU, METİN UYSALOL, SUHEYLA GUMUS, ÖZLEM TEKŞAM, LEMAN AKCAN YILDIZ, Eylem Ulaş SAZ, Caner TURAN, ALKAN BAL, NESLİHAN ZENGİN, ETEM PİŞKİN, HAKAN KARDEŞ, SABİHA ŞAHİN, GURKAN BOZAN, FUNDA KURT, BAHRİ ÜNAL, MURAT ANIL, ŞEFİKA BARDAK, ESEN BESLİ, ALİ ERTUĞ ARSLANKÖYLÜ, MEHMET ALAKAYA, AYŞE GÜLTEKİNGİL, RESUL YILMAZ, ALAADİN YORULMAZ, ÖZLEM TEMEL KÖKSOY, MEHMET CELEĞEN, SELMAN KESİCİ, ESRA SEVKETOĞLU, NİHAL AKÇAY, OĞUZ DURSUN, ERDEM CEBİŞLİ, SERHAT EMEKSİZ, OKTAY PERK, MEHMET ARDA KILINÇ, ALPER KÖKER, YASEMİN ÇOBAN, NİLGÜN ERKEK, RAMAZAN GURLU, ÖMERHAN BAŞPINAR, Emel Eksi Alp, HURŞİT APA, FATMA AKGÜL
Other, International, 2021,
Summary
Purpose: Successful resuscitation and early defibrillation are critical in survival after in- or out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the pediatric healthcare professionals about the defibrillator use and to offer solutions if there was room for improvement. Procedures: This was a multicenter survey study. Findings: The study included 716 healthcare professionals with an average age of 30.1 ± 5.8 years; 50% (n=358) were pediatric residents and 41.3% (n=296) had less than three years of professional experience. Self-declared level of knowledge about defibrillation/cardioversion was low-to-medium for 66.5% (n=476); 60.8% (n=435) had never practiced these procedures and 22.2% (n=159) had never received any training about defibrillator use. There was a significant relationship between professional experience and the proportion of participants who correctly responded to the first-shock dose for defibrillation but not for cardioversion. Conclusion: Professional experience is crucial in the correct defibrillator use. However, the defibrillation/cardioversion procedures are prone to errors since they are not commonly applied in day to day practice. An ideal approach to improve the experience of personnel could be to use practical training with case-based simulations and to educate the personnel about the features of the defibrillators available in their clinics.