BMC research notes
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The aim of this survey is to determine the standard of practice of cricoid pressure application on rapid sequence induction in Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital from April 3 to May 3, 2019. ⋯ A total of 30 anesthetists were involved in the study with a response rate of 87%. Ninety percent of the respondents do not mask ventilate during rapid sequence induction and they do aspirate the naso-gastric tube if present. Almost half of the respondents have witnessed regurgitation during application of cricoid pressure and 93% do not remove the naso-gastric tube before rapid sequence induction. Seventy percent had experienced difficulty of endotracheal intubation during application of cricoid pressure. All of the respondents had less than 10 years of working experience as anesthetist.
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The aim of this study was to assess nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors towards end of life care in Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017. ⋯ A total of 331 participants were included with a response rate of 93.2%. From these, 129 (39.0%) of them had good knowledge and 234 (70.7%) had favorable attitude towards end of life care. Being Bachelor of Science holder and above in nursing (AOR = 4.261, 95% CI 1.524-11.912), working in Emergency department (AOR = 4.911, 95% CI 1.796-13.426), having daily experience of caring for chronically ill patients (AOR = 2.764, 95% CI 1.366-5.591) and taking training on end of life care (AOR = 10.269, 95% CI 4.730-22.296) were significantly associated with good knowledge of nurses towards end of life care. On the other hand, having 6-10 years of working experience in nursing (AOR = 2.199, 95% CI 1.147-4.215), being trained in end of life care (AOR = 3.027, 95% CI 1.285-7.13), Bachelor of Science holder and above in nursing (AOR = 4.414, 95% CI 2.230-8.738) were found to be statistically significant with more positive attitude of nurses towards end of life care.