ABSTRACT

Background of the Study: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is lifesaving medical procedure given to someone who is in cardiac arrest. It helps pump blood around the person’s body when the heart stops. CPR provides blood flow to the heart and brain to maintain life; to rescue the patient from cardiac arrest however survival depends on the quality of CPR delivered by healthcare professionals or caretakers. The quality CPR supplies 13% - 30% of blood flow to the heart and 30% - 40% respectively. AIM: the main aim of the study is to improve the knowledge regarding BLS among rural population to prevent the mortality. METHODS AND MERTIRIAL: one group pre-test post-test research design has been adopted. Non probability purposing sampling technique was used to collect the information from the participants a total of 204 participants were recruited who were living in selected rural areas of Vadodara. Participant’s knowledge on BLS have been assessed by using self – structured knowledge questionnaires. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic. RESULT: To test the hypothesis, paired sample “t” test has been used. Data have been analyzed with the use of SPSS version 20.0 and the outputs are depicted in the above table. The table reveals that there is significant improvement between pre-test and post-test score with 0.05 level of significant. “t” calculated (-23.549***) is greater than the “t” tabulated (2.045). it suggesting that the demonstration program is effective in promoting their knowledge on BLS. It has been found that there is a significant improvement between knowledge on BLS with their selected demographic variables. CONCLUSION: the present study concluded that the level of knowledge among ruralPopulation regarding BLS has been improved through effective structured education program which ultimately mitigate the cardiac vascular problem induced mortality. Keywords: Effectiveness, Knowledge, BLS Demonstration, Rural Population
Publication date: 01/10/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.10.1050