Aptitude of doctors about cardiopulmonary resuscitation--a survey.

ABSTRACT

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is applied to extremely moribund cases with cardiac or respiratory arrest. General practitioners are mostly resuscitator outside hospital. With the idea to see the aptitude of this manoeuvre, 16 prefixed questions on this manoeuvre were selected for answers among 50 general practitioners. Only 2(4%) answered all the questions correctly and most (80%) of them answered 4 questions correctly. The results evoked a worrisome outcome. So it is suggested to update the practical patient care training like cardiopulmonary resuscitation among the doctors and paramedical personnel.