Emergency Department Nurses Experience of Performing CPR in South Korea

Emergency Department (ED) nurses work in high-stress environments, providing care and communicating with other health professionals about patients in urgent need [1]. Among work that requires immediate action for ED nurses, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most stressful events with a survival rate as low as 20% [2]. Speed and performance of ED staff affect survival after CPR. Thus, nurses who first detect a CPR situation have tension [3]. In South Korea, 88% of in-hospital CPR was performed in EDs [4] and in most cases ED nurses were the first to perform CPR (49.6%) among health professionals [5].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research