Abstract

Dr. Mehsim Abid*, Samun Shahzad, Ahris Abid, Hina Shahzadi, Jamshaid Akhtar and Hira Awais

ABSTRACT

Background: Basic life support is defined as medical procedures and skills that can be utilized in case of emergency to save lives .It is a key component of chain of survival, decreases the cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation interval and increases the rate of hospital discharge. CPR is a part of emergency medical care. Timely provision of basic life support saves life. Objective: The Objectives of our study is to: To assess knowledge of students of Allama Iqbal medical college LHR To assess attitude of students of Allama Iqbal medical college LHR Material and Methods: Study Design: It is a cross sectional study Study Setting: Allama Iqbal medical college, Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani Road LHR Duration: Three months (April-June). Inclusion criteria: All medical students both hostilities and day scholars of Allama Iqbal Medical College from first year MBBS to final year MBBS including both genders. Data Collection and analysis: Informed consent will be taken and got signed from 300 medical students on assurance of confidentiality. The following parameters will be noted through questionnaire of all medical students included in the study; personal and sociodemographic data such as age, sex, class, knowledge, attitude, level of training and previous exposure to basic life support. Results: 243 students (81%) have heard about BLS while 57 students (19%) haven’t heard about BLS. (Graph no: 3). 239 students (79.67%) have the idea regarding correct abbreviation of BLS while others have no idea (Graph no: 4). 94.3% students think BLS knowledge is useful for daily life incidents and 20.3% don’t think so. 44.3% students have seen BLS done on some patient and 9.6% have not seen . 13.4% students have also performed BLS on some patient and 2.9% have not performed .(Table no: 2) Conclusions: Knowledge about BLS needs to be improved and conferences must be organized to increase awareness about BLS.