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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">164</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2023.30501</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Emergency Medicine and Critical Care</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness, Practice and Attitude Among Athletes in the Eastern Province
</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>AL-Darwish</surname>
<given-names>Zainab</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Albdul-Jabbar</surname>
<given-names>Ahlam</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alqamar</surname>
<given-names>Zainab</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alhassan</surname>
<given-names>Maryam</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>7</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>3</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<fpage>138</fpage>
<lpage>147</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>Background: The prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among athletes has increased recently. The American Heart Association (AHA) emphasizes early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using an automated external defibrillator (AED). The study aimed to assess the current knowledge, skills, and attitude toward CPR and the use of AED among athletes in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
Methods: This cross-sectional online survey study was conducted between May and September 2021 in the Eastern Province. The questionnaire was developed following the AHA (2020) guidelines and the Arabic and English version were validated. The study recruited Sports facilities staff and adults who regularly practiced sports as competitive or non-competitive athletes.
Results: The study recruited 421 participants. The majority were males (75%) and Saudis (97%), living in the Qatif region and practicing the sport for over 20 years. The Heartsaver trained group constituted 181 (43%). The majority of the trained group (92%) knew the Red Crescent emergency call number compared to 75% of the non-trained participants (P </p>
</abstract>
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<kwd>CPR</kwd>
<kwd> AED</kwd>
<kwd> Athletes</kwd>
<kwd> SCD</kwd>
<kwd> Sport</kwd>
<kwd> Emergency </kwd>
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