INTRODUCTION The effective provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases patient survival and reduces in-hospital mortality. Nursing staff, as front-line healthcare professionals, are often the first present at cardiovascular arrests and respond by providing CPR. Their training has an impact on the efficiency of CPR and consequently on health outcomes; thus, assessment of their sta...

This paper uses personnel records for workers employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between 1921 and 1944 to examine the extent to which observed career dynamics are consistent with the predictions of various models of internal labor markets. In addition, the findings provide new insight into how internal labor markets responded to Great Depression. Similar to some previous empirical s...

In this study we evaluated the practical performance of 70 general practitioners in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before and after instruction and compared checklist-based scores to mechanical recording scores in order to investigate which scoring method is preferable. Both checklist and recording strip-based scores showed significant improvement after instruction, but only 37% were judge...

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether the people in Australia are informed about and prepared to intervene in a cardiac emergency. METHODS A cross sectional telephone survey, which contained sections regarding participant demographics, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, knowledge of CPR, and the emergency contact number and potential barriers to performing chest com...

INTRODUCTION Every year in Poland 56,000 outside the hospital there is a sudden cardiac arrest.
 OBJECTIVES The aim of study was to determine level knowledge basic life support undertaken prehospital management rural areas. second objective assess needs for cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training among adults areas.
 MATERIAL AND METHODS carried out with use an original questionna...

The survival rate in cases of cardiac arrest outside the hospital is still low, besides that public's knowledge about CPR limited, and there a critical time limit for performing CPR. Therefore, role lay people, including nursing students, important. Improving skills students through effective learning methods, one which using offline online methods. This study aims to see differences methods be...

BACKGROUND In Nepal, medical education is a high-stakes and stressful course. To enhance learning and minimize students' stress, the conventional method has been replaced by integrated, student-centered learning. As an approach to train effectively, colleges have started establishing skill labs. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of clinical skill training on exam performance as compare...

Abstract Background Citizen responder programmes dispatch volunteer citizens to initiate resuscitation in nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) before the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrival. Little is known about interaction between citizen responders and EMS personnel during attempt. In Capital Region of Denmark, emergency physicians are dispatched all suspected OHCAs. The aim th...