Publication year
2005Source
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 149, 31, (2005), pp. 1756-7ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Surgery
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Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume
vol. 149
Issue
iss. 31
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p. 1756
Page end
p. 7
Subject
UMCN 4.3: Tissue engineering and reconstructive surgeryAbstract
According to Dutch medical-education guidelines junior doctors are expected to be able to carry out first aid and basic life support. We determined the level of first aid and basic life support of junior doctors at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. Of the 300 junior doctors 54 (18%) were submitted to a theoretical test, consisting of 52 multiple-choice questions on first aid and basic life support. This was followed by a practical test consisting of two first aid and basic life support scenarios including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The scenarios were evaluated by certified examiners who used Berden's internationally accepted criteria. 19% of the junior doctors passed the theoretical test. The first-aid scenario was performed correctly in 11% of the cases. According to the examiners the CPR situation was performed correctly by 30% of the junior doctors but when assessed by Berden's international criteria only 6% of the junior doctors had performed CPR correctly. The level of first aid and basic life support amongst junior doctors was low and so the majority of them did not meet the required level as stated in the guidelines for practice of medical education in The Netherlands on this subject.
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