Abstract: Background: Knowledge of Basic Life Support (BLS) and practice of simple cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques ensures the survival of the patient long enough till experienced medical help arrives and in most cases is itself sufficient for survival. Many studies observed that the knowledge about CPR and skills of performing CPR among many healthcare workers including medical officers, registered nurses is found to be inadequate. A study conducted in College of Medical Sciences-Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal to assess the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nurses showed that the overall mean knowledge score was low i.e., 11.45±2.67 and the researchers.......
Key words: basic cardiac life support, knowledge, staff nurses
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