Volume 25, Issue 118, December 2021

Public knowledge, attitudes and practice toward bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Saudi Arabia, a cross-sectional study

Sami Alamri¹, Meaad Khan^2♦, Mada Jarad³, Ahmed Almalki⁴, Talal Alotaibi⁵, Alhassan Ahmed⁶, Muath Alraddadi⁷, Ziad Albalwi⁸, Omniah Altemani⁸, Sarah Alswayed⁹

¹ER consultant, Emergency department, King Abdulaziz specialist hospital, Al Taif, Saudi Arabia
²General practitioner, King Abdulaziz specialist hospital, Al Taif, Saudi Arabia
³General surgery resident, general surgery department, King Fahad Central Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
⁴Physician, Saudi Red Crescent Authority, Al Taif, Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical intern, College of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Jordan
⁶Medical intern, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Taibah, Saudi Arabia
⁷Medical intern, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
⁸Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
⁹Medical student, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
General practitioner, King Abdulaziz specialist hospital, Al Taif, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

The “out-of-hospital cardiac arrest” is a term used to describe the event of heart activity cessation that occurs in a setting that is outside of a healthcare center. The bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the induction of the life-saving sequence are mandatory to increase the chance of survival for a victim of cardiac arrest. However, the general public is still in lag in their knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and hesitates to offer help due to the low number of certified basic life support candidates. Moreover, witnessing a live management of a cardiac arrest event could be a potential influential motive for an individual to attempt acquiring the basic life support skills.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Basic life support, Emergency, Cardiac Arrest

Medical Science, 2021, 25(118), 3392-3399

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