Knowledge of nursing students about cardiac stop and cardiopulmonary reanimation

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of nursing students about cardiopulmonary arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Methods: this is a descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach carried out with students in the last year of the Nursing course at a university center in the Northeast Results: 200 students participated in the study, 89% were female, the most prevalent age group was 20 and 24 years old (35%), 60.5% reported knowing how to identify the clinical symptoms of a CRP, 82% expressed knowledge about the correct conduct after recognition, only 50.5% were assertive about chest compressions in the child, 60% were able to identify Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) and Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) as a shockable rhythm and 48.5% stated that epinephrine is the drug of first choice in cases of cardiac arrest. Conclusion: it is concluded that the level of knowledge of the respondents is low and this leads to their inability to care for victims in cardiorespiratory arrest.