KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS AND STAFF AT TEACHING DENTAL HOSPITAL

  • Khalid Mahmood Siddiqi BDS, MDS, Professor and Head, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Dental Section, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Bhara Kahu Islamabad.
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Baig BDS, MCPS, MFDRCSI MFDSRCPS, Assistant Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Frontier Medical and Dental College, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Abdul Manan Shahid BDS, MDS, Assistant Professor & Head, Oral Medicine Department, Dental Section, Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Jammal BDS, FCPS, Assistant Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Bhara Kahu Islamabad.
  • Faizan Shafi (BDS) Resident, Department of Orthodontics, Dental Section, Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC), Islamabad Pakistan.
  • Humera Gohar BDS, Ex House Officer, Dental Section, Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC), Islamabad Pakistan.
  • Mohsin Qadeer BDS, Ex House Officer Dental Section, Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC), Islamabad Pakistan.
Keywords: BLS, Health emergency, life threatening, Serious emergency

Abstract

Before receiving complete medical attention at a hospital, patients of life-threatening illnesses or injuries receive basic life support (BSL), which is the first stage of medical care. Study aims to increase knowledge about BLS among dental students and supporting staff, so they can save lives. All batches of BDS undergraduate and staff of Islamabad Dental Hospital were included. The data was collected in the form of questionnaire and SPSS version 23 was used for analysis.

A total sample of 203 with 149 females and 54 males as shown were included with mean age of 22.26+4.525. Participants (94.6%) thought that having knowledge is important and almost half (51.2%) attended the BLS workshop before. 36.5% had the very good knowledge of BLS whereas poor knowledge was found in 17.7%. A significant difference was found between undergraduate dental students and supporting staff. Significant improvement in knowledge was seen in undergraduate students of senior years as compared to junior years of BDS. Dental students and support staff had a good attitude toward BLS training despite the poor knowledge.

Published
2023-06-30
How to Cite
Siddiqi, K. M., Baig, M. Z., Shahid, A. M., Jammal, M., Shafi, F., Gohar, H., & Qadeer, M. (2023). KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS AND STAFF AT TEACHING DENTAL HOSPITAL. Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal, 43(2), 70-73. Retrieved from http://podj.com.pk/index.php/podj/article/view/734
Issue
Vol. 43 No. 2 (2023): April-June 2023
Section
Original Articles
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.