Authors

Mª Carmen Costa Martínez

Position

Enfermera. Servicio de urgencias. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Vigo (Pontevedra)

Contact address

Mª Carmen Costa Martínez. Avda. Ramón Nieto, 125-portal, 1-1ºA. 36205 Vigo (Pontevedra).

Contact email: carmen.costa.martinez@sergas.es

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the attitude and self-perception of the population in the chain of survival, as well as the training received on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the factors that might have an impact on its initiation by the population.
Method: an observational descriptive study on 364 patients who attended an anesthesia unit. The data collection tool was a self-prepared questionnaire. Study variables: willingness to conduct CPR, self-efficacy perceived in order to conduct it, factors with impact on CPR initiation, training on the matter, and their reaction when faced with cardiac arrest (CA). Chi square was used for bivariate analysis.
Results: a 70% of patients were not familiar with the chain of survival; 80.6% answered that they were willing to conduct CPR on an unknown person, but only 25.9% felt they had the adequate training. In terms of the factors interfering in its initiation, 64.2% of patients pointed out to lack of knowledge, and 60.3% to a feeling of responsibility. Only 32% of the surveyed patients had ever received some CPR training; 99.7% considered it would be important to train the population on CPR; and also in schools. Among trained persons, there was a higher self-perceived efficacy, willingness to act, and number of persons who would initiate resuscitation manoeuvres when faced with CPR.
Conclusions: the willingness to conduct CPR is good, but the self-efficacy perceived is not, due to the lack of training that, together with the feeling of responsibility, leads to non-initiation.

Keywords:

Cardiac arest; out-of-hospital care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR; survival chain; Self-efficacy; population training; research; transversal study

Versión en Español

Título:

Actitud y autopercepción de la población en la cadena de supervivencia