[Investigation on nurses' knowledge of and experience in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and on nurses' knowledge of the guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care established in 2000--results of a survey at Asahikawa Medical College Hospital (second report)].
BACKGROUND
We reported that the practical knowledge and skill on basic life support were not enough among nursing staffs. Therefore, to clarify the existing conditions and issues in CPR education we carried out a survey on knowledge of and experience in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and on knowledge of the Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) established in 2000.


METHODS
Three hundred and four nurses at Asahikawa Medical College Hospital were asked to fill in questionnaires.


RESULTS
The results show that more than 80% of the nurses are much interested in CPR. Most of the nurses had received education and training in CPR as students or after graduation. However, cases of cardiopulmonary arrest and CPR were experienced by only about 40% of the nurses. Most of the nurses had never heard of the Guidelines for CPR and ECC in 2000.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this survey demonstrate the need to provide more education (on CPR) to nursing staff.
Nagashima
Kimimoto
K
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-8510.
Takahata
Osamu
O
Fujimoto
Kazuhiro
K
Suzuki
Akihiro
A
Iwasaki
Hiroshi
H
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires