Table 2.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and traininga
| Total study sample | Work in medical field | Do not work in medical field | p value* | Total responding to “Do you work with Ambulances?” | Work with ambulance | Do not work with ambulances | p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have you ever heard of CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation? | ||||||||
| n= 471 | n= 198 | n= 273 | n= 186 | n= 70 | n= 116 | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 377 (80.0%) | 191 (96.5%) | 186 (68.1%) | < .001 | 179 (96.2%) | 68 (97.1%) | 111 (95.7%) | 0.713 |
| No, n (%) | 94 (20.0%) | 7 (3.5%) | 87 (31.9%) | 7 (3.8%) | 2 (2.9%) | 5 (4.3%) | ||
| Does CPR include chest compressions? | ||||||||
| n= 419 | n= 177 | n= 242 | n= 170 | n= 62 | n= 107 | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 358 (85.4%) | 172 (97.2%) | 186 (76.9%) | < .001 | 165 (97.1%) | 61 (96.8%) | 104 (97.2%) | 0.767 |
| No, n (%) | 3 (0.7%) | 1 (0.6%) | 2 (0.8%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | ||
| Not sure, n (%) | 58 (13.8%) | 4 (2.3%) | 54 (22.3%) | 4 (2.4%) | 2 (3.2%) | 2 (1.9%) | ||
| Does CPR require “mouth to mouth”? | ||||||||
| n= 465 | n= 200 | n= 265 | n= 189 | n= 72 | n= 117 | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 322 (69.3%) | 160 (80.0%) | 162 (61.1%) | < .001 | 150 (79.4%) | 54 (75.0%) | 96 (82.1%) | 0.122 |
| No, n (%) | 48 (10.3%) | 26 (13.0%) | 22 (8.3%) | 25 (13.2%) | 14 (19.4%) | 11 (9.4%) | ||
| Not sure, n (%) | 95 (20.4%) | 14 (7.0%) | 81 (30.6%) | 14 (7.4%) | 4 (5.6%) | 10 (8.6%) | ||
| Have you ever taken a CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training class? | ||||||||
| n= 470 | n= 199 | n= 271 | n= 188 | n= 71 | n= 117 | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 146 (31.1%) | 124 (62.3%) | 22 (8.1%) | < .001 | 117 (62.2%) | 53 (74.7%) | 64 (54.7%) | 0.006 |
| No, n (%) | 324 (68.9%) | 75 (37.7%) | 249 (91.9%) | 71 (37.8%) | 18 (25.4%) | 53 (45.3%) | ||
| When was the last time you attended a CPR training class? | ||||||||
| n= 143 | n= 121 | n= 22 | n= 114 | n= 51 | n= 63 | |||
| 1 year ago, n (%) | 49 (34.3%) | 47 (38.8%) | 2 (9.1%) | < .001 | 44 (38.6%) | 23 (45.1%) | 21 (33.3%) | 0.347 |
| 2 year ago, n (%) | 24 (16.8%) | 19 (15.7%) | 5 (22.7%) | 18 (15.8%) | 9 (17.7%) | 9 (14.3%) | ||
| 3 year ago, n (%) | 29 (20.3%) | 28 (23.1%) | 1 (4.6%) | 27 (23.7%) | 10 (19.6%) | 17 (27.0%) | ||
| 4 year ago, n (%) | 15 (10.5%) | 13 (10.7%) | 2 (9.1%) | 12 (10.5%) | 6 (11.8%) | 6 (9.5%) | ||
| 5 year ago, n (%) | 26 (18.2%) | 14 (11.6%) | 12 (54.6%) | 13 (11.4%) | 3 (5.9%) | 10 (15.9%) | ||
| Would you be interested in receiving training in CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation? | ||||||||
| n= 472 | n= 200 | n= 272 | n= 189 | n= 73 | n= 116 | |||
| Yes, n (%) | 426 (90.3%) | 192 (96.0%) | 234 (86.0%) | 0.001 | 181 (95.8%) | 71 (97.3%) | 110 (94.8%) | 0.718 |
| No, n (%) | 6 (1.3%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (1.5%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.7%) | ||
| Not sure, n (%) | 40 (8.5%) | 6 (3.0%) | 34 (12.5%) | 6 (3.2%) | 2 (2.7%) | 4 (3.5%) | ||
*p values derived from chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact test
aItem totals may not sum to total sample size (n = 479) due to missing data