Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (Jul 2021)
Analysis of the Status Quo and Influencing Factors of Community Residents’ Awareness of Basic Life Support and Willingness to Attempt Rescue
Abstract
Yu-Fei Qian,1 Gui-Ling Geng,1 Yu-Qin Ren,2 Xin-Tong Zhang,2 Wen-Jun Sun,2 Qing Li2 1Department of School of Nursing, Nantong University Medical School, Nantong, 226001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Emergency, Nantong First People’s Hospital, Nantong, 226006, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Gui-Ling GengDepartment of School of Nursing, Nantong university Medical school, No. 19, Qixiu Road, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, 226001, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 15152889466Fax +86-513-85051876Email [email protected]: This study aimed to investigate community residents’ awareness of basic life support (BLS) and their willingness to attempt rescue.Methods: From October to December 2020, in the communities of Nantong City, a stratified three-stage random sampling method was adopted to select residents from 12 neighborhood committees over the age of 18 with whom to conduct a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. A self-designed questionnaire was adopted, the contents of which included the general situation of the respondent, knowledge, attitude, and behavior in relation to BLS; the Cronbach’s α coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.719.Results: A total of 3000 questionnaires were distributed, of which 2812 were valid, with a valid response rate of 93.73%. Of the 2812 respondents, 41.18% had seen an automatic external defibrillator (AED), 48.83% had experience of’ cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and 25.07% of the respondents had experience of’ AEDs. When an accident occurred, 50.50% of residents were willing to attempt rescue, 70.80% were willing to attempt rescue under professional guidance, and 71.23% were willing to attempt rescue after learning BLS techniques. Of the residents who were unwilling to attempt rescue, 32.75% were worried about their lack of ability, 27.91% were concerned about legal issues, 14.01% feared infectious diseases, and 10.35% were unwilling to perform mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Age, occupation, education level, and whether they had participated in first aid training were the influencing factors.Conclusion: Residents in Nantong have less knowledge of BLS, and their knowledge of CPR is better than that of AEDs. Residents have a strong willingness to learn BLS. Measures need to be taken to improve their understanding of BLS and their application skills. Residents have high levels of willingness to attempt rescue, but a certain percentage of residents have concerns. Interventions can be made to target the different reasons.Keywords: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, basic life support, automatic external defibrillator, rescue willing
