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Journal : Junior Medical Journal

Description of the Level of Knowledge and Attitudes of YARSI University Faculty Of Medicine Student Batch 2019 About Basic Life Support And Its Overview According To Islam Ardini, Putri; Ferlianti, Rika; Arifandi, Firman; Syam, Edward
Junior Medical Journal Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Oktober 2023
Publisher : Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas YARSI

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Background: Cardiac arrest is one of the emergency conditions that can be life-threatening and requires immediate intervention. According to the American Heart Association in 2015, approximately 350,000 adults in the United States have nontraumatic cardiac arrest outside the hospital (out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and are handled by Emergency Medical Services/EMS. The first treatment for cardiac arrest is Basic Life Support (BLS) which is not only carried out by health workers such as doctors/nurses and EMS, but every community in general can do BLS. However, several studies in Indonesia show the low level of knowledge, including medical students about BLS. Method: The type of research used is descriptive quantitative survey method using a questionnaire. The population of this study were students of the Faculty of Medicine, YARSI University Class of 2019 according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A sample of 174 people used consecutive sampling which was conducted on 20 October 2022 – 7 November 2022. Results: Percentage based on high level of knowledge (14.94%), sufficient level of knowledge (38.5%), and low level of knowledge (46.6%). Percentage based on very good attitude level (17.24%), good attitude level (64.37%), sufficient attitude level (17.83%), low attitude level (0.57%). Conclusion: The majority of students have a low level of knowledge and good attitude level.