TABLE 3.
Willingness of HCWs to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitationa
| Reference | Yr/country | No. of participants | Willingness of HCWs to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strangers | Children | Trauma | HIV or high-risk persons for HIV | Elderly | Infection | With barrier device | |||
| Hew et al. (38) | 1997/USA | 104 HCWs (74% EMTs, 26% paramedics) | EMTs, 43%; paramedics, 0% | EMTs, 77%; paramedics, 63% | EMTs, 25%; paramedics, 0% | Homosexuals: EMTS, 33%; paramedics, 0% | EMTs, 40%; paramedics: 4% | (–) | 98% |
| Horowitz et al. (5) | 1997/USA | 379 HCWs (20% physicians, 63% nurses, 17% paramedics) | 35% | 57% | (–) | HIV-negative adults, 62–65%; HIV-negative children, 75% | (–) | (–) | (–) |
| Melanson et al. (86) | 2000/USA | 342 HCWs (92% paramedics, 8% nurses) | ≤5% | 52% | (–) | 0% | (–) | (–) | HIV, 47%; other, >60% |
| Locke et al. (80) | 1995/USA | 975 participants (20% HCWs, 80% lay persons) | MTM, 15%; compression-only, 68% | (–) | (–) | (–) | (–) | (–) | (–) |
| Boucek et al. (85) | 2009/USA | 560 HCWs (26% physicians, 29% nurses, 13% EMTs and paramedics, 13% medical students, 6% nursing students, 13% other HCWs) | 38% | Own child, 96%; neighbor’s child, 78.5% | (–) | HIV, 16%; drug overdose, 6% | 46% | Ebola, 0.1%; TB, 6%; herpes, 4%; rabies, 6%; URI, 7%; antibiotic-resistant pneumonia, 19% | (–) |
| Ornato et al. (84) | 1990/USA | 1,794 BLS instructors (87% HCWs [8% physicians, 50% nurses, 9% allied HCWs, 20% EMTs and paramedics]) | Male, 18–29%; female, 54% | 97% | (–) | HIV, 40%; drug overdose, 10%; hemophiliac, 35% | (–) | (–) | (–) |
| Brenner et al. (83) | 1993/USA | 585 HCWs (74% physicians, 26% nurses) | Physicians, 57%; nurses, 20% | Physicians, 84%; nurses, 78% | Physicians, 55%; nurses, 38% | Homosexuals: physicians, 17%; nurses, 9% | Physicians, 57%; nurses, 35% | (–) | (–) |
| Brenner et al. (81) | 1994/USA | 74 HCWs (100% physicians) | 45% | (–) | 26% | Homosexuals, 7% | 39% | (–) | (–) |
| Brenner et al. (82) | 1996/USA | 140 HCWs (100% physicians) | Inpatient, 43–45%; outpatient, 50–54% | Outpatient, 86–99% | Inpatient, 12–16%; outpatient, 33–36% | HIV: inpatient, 7–14%; outpatient, 21–34% | Inpatient, 29–39%; outpatient, 26–64% | (–) | (–) |
a
High-risk persons for HIV: homosexual, drug overdose, and hemophiliac. Abbreviations: HCWs, health care workers; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; BLS, basic life support; MTM, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; EMTs, emergency medical technicians; URI, upper respiratory infection; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. (–), no data.