A cross-sectional study of assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of COVID-19 resuscitation among health care workers in a hybrid hospital for COVID-19 in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is an international public health emergency. As hospitals receive more severe forms of COVID-19 that necessitate resuscitation, emergency health care workers (HCW) must follow interim COVID-19 resuscitation guidelines.

Objective

The aim is to evaluate the levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice among emergency HCW of the COVID-19 resuscitation protocol by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC).

Methods

A cross-sectional study using a validated questionnaire was conducted among HCW in the emergency department of University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Malaysia from April to June 2021.

Results

A total of 159 respondents were included in the analysis (89% response rate). Sixty-eight percent of respondents had adequate kno

SUBMITTER: Mohd Kamil MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300754 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature