An audit of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation orders in a District General Hospital

Materials and methods: 46 GPs were participated in our research. All GP’s were asked to perform BLS in two simulated situation: an adult patient with cardiac arrest (resuscitation task) and another adult, unconscious patient (airway task). For data collection a standardized BLS skill assessment sheet was used. For statistical analyses SPSS 15 software was used (Student’s t test, Chi-square). Results: The maximum score was 25 points. The highest score achieved was 16 points, and the lowest is 0 point. Those general practitioners, who have already been performed CPR alone, had averaged 4.5 points in the CPR task, while those who have never had this opportunity, only 2.6 points (p=0.043). The years spent as a general practitioner negatively influenced the outcome of each task (p=0.013; p=0.044). Conclusions: These general practitioners did notmeet theminimum requirements that even lay rescuers can expect from a life-saving situation. Those GPs who have been performed CPR on BLS level, performed better.