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Sudden cardiac arrest is a catastrophic medical emergency that may occur at any time in the hospital or pre -hospital setting.Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support (BLS) are important lifesaving, first -aid skills.Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practice regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation among 1st year bsc nursing students.Design: Quasi experimental design and approach in which one group pre and post design without control group.Sampling: Purposive sampling technique The sample size was 60 students in a selected college.Tool was valid and reliable questionnaire on Cardiopulmonary resuscitation which had been designed by the researcher.Result: pre -test mean score of the student was 9.6 and post -test of the mean score was 25.5.And Standard deviation was 39.25.The obtained 't' -value was 3.142 was greater than the table value (2.02) at 59 degree of freedom at 0.05 level of significance.Therefore it was concluded that there was significant gain in knowledge through structured teaching programme and Regarding practice mean pre -test skill score was 4.8, post -test practice score was 12.1.And Standard deviation was 23.89.The calculated value 2.384 was greater than the table value (2.02) at 0.05 level of significance.Therefore, it was concluded that there was significant gain in skill through structured teaching programme.
Razia Sultana Sumi (Fri,) studied this question.