Knowledge regarding Atlas among nurses working at adult emergency department at Alert and Tash Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
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2021-06
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background: Trauma is a major cause of mortality and disability in developed as well as
developing countries. The ATLS knowledge helps to implement a methodological approach to the
trauma patients in the emergency room which aims for rapid and accurate assessment. Trauma
management can be improved by implementing ATLS properly. However, for the knowledge of
the investigator, there is a limitation of a study conducted in Ethiopia.
Objective: To assess the knowledge of nurses on ATLS working in the adult emergency
department of TASH and ALERT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used and data were collected using a
structured and self-administering questionnaire. The study population was all nurses working
within the adult emergency department of the ALERT and TASH. Participants were selected by
convenience sampling technique. The collected data were checked for its completeness by data
collectors and PI before entering into the software for analysis. Data were entered using the epidata
v 4.6.0, and analyzed using SPSS v26. Binary logistic regression was performed to see the
association between the independent and dependent variables. A P-value of less than 0.05 is
considered statistically significant.
Result: One hundred nurses participated in the study. The majority of them were between the
ages of 25 and 29 years, 59% with mean age of 29.5±5.4. There were equal numbers of both
sexes out of totally participated subjects, but the most participants were from TASH (56%) while
the rest were from ALERT. Educational and the training status of the nurses are identified as the
factors affecting the knowledge level of the respondents (AOR=12.3,P=0.022 and AOR=2.47, P=
0.001)respectively’. From study participants, only 45% of the nurses have good knowledge of
ATLS.
Conclusion and recommendation: in conclusion, there is a significant gap of knowledge towards
ATLS in these selected hospitals. . A lack of ATLS expertise among emergency department staff
nurses could potentially harm patient outcomes in trauma cases. Therefore ALERT and TASH
nurses should get training on ATLS & improve their educational status.
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ATLS, knowledge, Nurses, ED