Do Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Offer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training in Australia and New Zealand?

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• 作者：Susie H. Cartledge ; RN^a ; ^b ; ^{susie.cartledge@monash.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Janet E. Bray ; RN ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Dion Stub ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^d ; Henry Krum ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^&dagger ; ; Judith Finn ; RN ; PhD^a ; ^c
• 关键词：Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Rehabilitation ; Education ; Cardiovascular nursing ; Heart arrest ; Death ; Sudden cardiac
• 刊名：Heart, Lung and Circulation
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：6
• 页码：607-612
• 全文大小：430 K

文摘

Cardiac rehabilitation may provide an ideal environment to train high-risk cardiac patients and their families in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, whether this training is currently offered is unknown. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the prevalence of CPR training in cardiac rehabilitation programs in Australia and New Zealand (NZ); and 2) examine perceived barriers and attitudes of cardiac rehabilitation coordinators towards providing CPR training.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of Australian and NZ cardiac rehabilitation coordinators.

Results

We received 253 completed surveys (46.7% response rate) (Australia n=208, NZ n=45). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training was included in 23.9% of Australian programs and 56.6% in NZ. Common barriers to CPR training included lack of resources (49.7%) and a lack of awareness to provide CPR training for this high-risk group (33.7%). The majority of coordinators believed that lay people should be trained in CPR (96.3%) and were comfortable with recommending CPR training to this high-risk group (89.4%).

Conclusions

While cardiac rehabilitation coordinators have positive attitudes towards CPR training, it is not currently part of most programs – particularly in Australia. Organisations formulating cardiac rehabilitation recommendations and guidelines should give consideration to include the provision of CPR training.