Knowledge regarding Basic Life Support among Health Care Workers of the Hospital of Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Basic life support refers to a sequence of care provided to patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or airway obstruction. It is a specific level of prehospital medical care provided by the trained responders, including emergency medical technicians, in the absence of advanced medical care to maintain the patient's life. BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations, and provide early use of an AED. According to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, every missed minute in applying defibrillation in a cardiac arrest decreases the survival rate by 70%-10%. According to European Resuscitation Council (ERC), early resuscitation and prompt defibril

SUBMITTER: Chaudhary GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836805 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature