Evaluating the level of professionals and technicians knowledge on neonatal cardiopulmonary reanimation. Cardenas

Abstract

Based on the principles, categories and laws of dialectic materialism and the applied scientific method, we developed a non-experimental classic model allowing us to evaluate the level of knowledge on cardiopulmonary reanimation professionals and technicians working at the service of perinatology of the Territorial Hospital of the municipality of Cardenas have. The sample was compose by all the workers, professional and technicians of the service of perinatology (n:40) of Cardenas Territorial Hospital, applying an instrument of 2 factors, 9 variables and 22 items. We stated that all the categories have difficulties with knowledge on neonatal cardiopulmonary reanimation. Physician-specialists answered satisfactorily only 49.6 % of the questions, residents, 44.4 %, licentiates in nursery, 36.11 %, nurses of post-basic courses, 44.4 %, and the group of nurses of basic courses was the one with worse results, answering satisfactorily only 16.6 % of the questions. Generally, only 42.2 % of the questions were satisfactorily answered. The results of the knowledge evaluation were poor, because less than 70 % had satisfactory results in none of the factors and indicators of the study. The indicators with worse results were amniotic liquid, hearth frequency, and factors conditioning hypoxia and aspiration.