Avaliação do conhecimento dos alunos do curso de medicina de uma universidade pública localizada no interior de Sergipe sobre ressuscitação cardiopulmonar

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases account for a third of total deaths from defined causes in Brazil, making it the leading cause of death in the general population. Basic Life Support (BLS) is a set of emergency procedures that can be performed by health professionals or by trained lay people. It is known that the presence of a trained rescuer is the main determinant of the survival of victims in cardiac respiratory arrest (CRA) cases. This research is a descriptive, cross - sectional and quantitative study on the evaluation of students' knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. These students are enrolled at the medical school at a a public university located in the state of Sergipe. The field study will be carried out through the application of a validated questionnaire by (PERGOLA AND ARAUJO, 2009), which was combined with the questionnaire of (TAVARES, 2015). The hybrid questionnaire consists of 15 concise questions distributed by means of an intentional sample non-probabilistic for the convenience of student volunteers. The total of 175 students enrolled in their first to sixth year of medical school had a 65% success rate. An evolution in cognitive development was observed, since there was an increase in the percentage of correct answers over the years studied. Looking at the issues in a convergent way, there was a deficiency in some of the themes of CPR, corroborating that there is still a greater need for emphasize of some topics. This is demonstrated by questions 5, 6, 11 and 15 of the questionnaire used in the research. The knowledge of the evaluated students has I creased but there is a clear need for assessments of their knowledge in CPR. Evaluation of the teaching-learning process is important, since without this evaluation, precise indicators of past actions are not obtained nor the planning of future actions.