1 Hassan Raza , 2 Qazi Muhammad Tufail, 3 Mohib Ali , 4 Zohaib Raza, 5 Saira Rehman , 6 Muhammad Ali , 7 Kashif Lodhi
1 PIMS
2 Cardiology Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore
3 PIMS
4 PIMS
5 Saida Waheed FMH college of Nursing, Lahore
6 PIMS
7 Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. Università Politécnica delle Marche Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona (AN) Italy
Abstract:
Objective: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the level of expertise of the nursing staff members working in the intensive care unit (ICU) and critical care unit (CCU) at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Methods: The research was conducted in a cross-sectional manner. The participants were found using a practical sampling strategy that has been used for the previous six months in intensive care units (ICUs) and critical care units (CCUs). This study was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023. Data were gathered using the life-threatening arrhythmias questionnaire, and SPSS version 26 was used for analysis.
Results: The majority of attendees were graduates and staff with diplomas. Participants received basic life support training in 46% of cases, advanced cardiovascular life support training in 14% of cases, and no training in 32% of cases. 86% of the participants had little to no awareness of the life-threatening arrhythmias.
Conclusions: In our research, we found that the majority of nursing staff members were incapable to spot patients who were in danger of losing their lives. To raise staff understanding and have a direct impact on the hospital mortality rate, nursing staff in the critical care unit have to improve their academic and ECG training.
Keywords: Nursing, Arrhythmias, Intensive Care Unit