Effect of Infection Conditions on Artificial Respiration Willingness of Some Paramedic Students of a University

This study hypothesized that conditions related to infection negatively affected on performing artificial respirations and analyzed these factors. A total of 157 paramedic students at a university were invited to use NAVER Office to access an online survey and 108 responses were received. The intention to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was asked to answer yes or no depending on the certainty of the patient’s infection including existence of body fluids, confirmed infection, suspected infection, not infected and artificial respiration methods including mouth to mouth, face shield, pocket mask. The collected data were analyzed by Chi-Square test or Fischer’s exact test. There was a statistically significant difference (p=.019) in the intention to perform mouth to mouth ventilation according to the experience of performing CPR in non-infected patients without bodily fluids. There was a statistically significant difference (p=.036) in the intention to perform face shield ventilation according to the experience of providing CPR in non-infected patients with bodily fluids visible. The intention to perform pocket mask ventilation according to the experience of providing CPR was significantly different in infected patients with no visible bodily fluids (p=.020), patients suspected of having an infection with visible bodily fluids (p=.039), patients suspected of having an infection with no visible bodily fluids (p=.016), non-infected patients with visible bodily fluids (p=.001).