Knowledge Attitude Practice And Associated Factors Towards Basic Life Support Among Nurses Working At Adult Emergency Units Of Federal Hospitals Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2021.

Background: Basic life support (BLS) is an emergency procedure targeted to maintain thernairway, breathing, and circulation for patients in life-threatening conditions before transferring torndefinitive care. It is the initial response to the cardiac or non-cardiac arrest and the basis forrnsaving a precious life. Based on this, nurses should have Basic life support knowledge andrnpractical skills to provide quality care to those victims. rn Objective: To assess Knowledge, Attitude, practice, and associated factors towards Basic lifernsupport among nurses working at emergency units of federal hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. rn Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study was used to be conducted on participantsrntowards basic life support at emergency units of federal hospitals during the study period fromrnMarch 30, 2021, to June 30, 2021. Self-administered questioners were used to collecting datarnfrom respondents, and then it was presented by descriptive data presentation methods for therndescriptive variable. Bivariate and multivariate logistic Regression analysis was used to show therneffect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The adjusted odds ratio was used torninterpret the strength of association at 95% CI. Statistical significance has been assured by a Prnvalue0.05). rnConclusion: Basic life support knowledge, attitude, and practice were all low among nurses inrngeneral. As a result, further training and advancement in education are required to achieve therndesired result.

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