Ahmed Sohel, Islam Mohammad Jahirul, Islam Khandaker Md Kamrul, Uddin Jalal, Khandoker Farhana, Fariha Tazveen, Tina Progya Laboni, Zafrin Nahida, Hossain Tofajjal, Rahman Md Zamilur, Islam Md Zahidul, Hezbullah Muhammad
Ahmed Physiotherapy & Research Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Directorate of Students' Welfare, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Sep 2;5(9):e0005126. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005126. eCollection 2025.
A comprehensive understanding of emergency care is an essential skill for all medical students to effectively manage emergency situations. The aim of this study was to evaluate healthcare professional students' understanding of basic life support (BLS) and to identify the factors that influence this knowledge. A Multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted across eight educational institutions in the Dhaka, Jashore, and Sylhet divisions of Bangladesh from January to June 2024, which included final-year medicine, physiotherapy, and nursing students. A total of 486 participants were selected by the convenience sampling method. A bi-variable and multi-variable logistic regression analysis was carried out and the p-value was set at <0.05. In this study, 73.3% of participants had inadequate knowledge in basic component (BC) and 82.5% of participant had inadequate knowledge in individual component (IC) of BLS. Medicine students demonstrated a threefold increased understanding of BLS in its BC (AOR 2.80; 95% CI 1.70-4.61, p = 0.001). Participants who completed the BLS course demonstrated a twofold increase in knowledge of BLS (AOR 2.14; 95% CI 0.82-5.60, p = 0.123) regarding the BC. In contrast, female students demonstrated significantly lower knowledge of the IC of basic life support (AOR 0.56; 95% CI 0.33-0.93, p = 0.025). Medicine students (AOR 2.36; 95% CI 1.25-4.46, p = 0.009) and nursing students (AOR 2.26; 95% CI 1.18-4.32, p = 0.014) exhibited a significantly better understanding of the IC of BLS. Participants who had already taken the BLS course knew four times as much about each part of BLS (AOR 3.98; 95% CI 1.54-10.27, p = 0.004). This research indicates that healthcare professional students in Bangladesh possess insufficient knowledge of BLS. It is crucial for national health policymakers to priorities this finding and implement training programs for students, as well as professionals.
全面了解急救护理是所有医学生有效应对紧急情况的一项基本技能。本研究的目的是评估医疗专业学生对基本生命支持（BLS）的理解，并确定影响这一知识掌握情况的因素。2024年1月至6月，在孟加拉国达卡、杰索尔和锡尔赫特地区的八所教育机构开展了一项多中心横断面研究，研究对象包括医学、物理治疗和护理专业的最后一年学生。采用便利抽样法共选取了486名参与者。进行了双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，将p值设定为<0.05。在本研究中，73.3%的参与者对基本组成部分（BC）的知识掌握不足，82.5%的参与者对BLS的个体组成部分（IC）的知识掌握不足。医学专业学生对BLS基本组成部分的理解提高了两倍（调整后比值比[AOR]2.80；95%置信区间[CI]1.70 - 4.61，p = 0.001）。完成BLS课程的参与者对BLS基本组成部分的知识掌握提高了一倍（AOR 2.14；95% CI 0.82 - 5.60，p = 0.123）。相比之下，女学生对基本生命支持个体组成部分的知识掌握明显较低（AOR 0.56；95% CI 0.33 - 0.93，p = 0.025）。医学专业学生（AOR 2.36；95% CI 1.25 - 4.46，p = 0.009）和护理专业学生（AOR 2.26；95% CI 1.18 - 4.32，p = 0.014）对BLS个体组成部分的理解明显更好。已经参加过BLS课程的参与者对BLS每个部分的了解是其他人的四倍（AOR 3.98；95% CI 1.54 - 10.27，p = 0.004）。这项研究表明，孟加拉国的医疗专业学生对BLS的知识掌握不足。国家卫生政策制定者将这一研究结果列为优先事项，并为学生以及专业人员实施培训计划至关重要。
