Knowledge of Nonmedical Individuals about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Case of Cardiac Arrest: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Table 8
Association between identification of cardiac arrest findings and CPR training.
Variable
Those who have not received CPR training N
Those who have received CPR training N
Total N
p value
Consciousness evaluation
No response when called
126
42
168
0.151
29.4%
24.4%
28.0%
No response when touched
25
13
38
5.8%
7.6%
6.3%
Not moving at all
49
14
63
11.4%
8.1%
10.5%
Those knowing three of the procedures correctly
48
29
77
11.2%
16.9%
12.8%
Those knowing two of the procedures correctly
102
49
151
23.9%
28.5%
41.4%
Those who do not know any of the procedures (I don’t know)
78
25
103
18.2%
14.5%
17.2%
Respiration evaluation
No respiratory movement
90
34
124
0.018
21.0%
19.7%
20.7%
No respiratory sound
35
7
42
8.2%
4.1%
7.0%
No air coming out of the mouth of an individual
55
18
73
12.9%
10.5%
12.2%
No steaming up of a mirror placed in front of the mouth of an individual
17
7
24
4.0%
4.1%
4.0%
Those knowing three of the procedures correctly
66
49
115
15.4%
28.5%
20.2%
Those knowing two of the procedures correctly
133
55
188
31%
32%
31.2%
Those who do not know any of the procedures (I don’t know)
29
9
38
6.8%
5.2%
6.3%
Circulation evaluation
Not feeling a pulse in the vessels of the neck
91
30
121
0.026
21.3%
17.4%
20.2%
Not feeling a pulse in the vessels of the arm
135
52
187
31.5%
30.2%
31.2%
Both
120
73
193
28.0%
42.4%
32.2%
I don’t know
91
17
108
21.3%
9.9%
18%
a: Respondents who chose ‘I do not know’ were excluded from the statistical test of significance
