Farwa Rais, Samina Aslam, Waqas Ahmed Satti, Adeena Shahid, Memuna Kausar Satti, Maahin Shoaib.
Correlation of Knowledge and Performance Evaluation for Heimlich Maneuver in Infants.
Pak Paed J Jan ;46(1):54-9.

Objective: To assess correlation between knowledge assessment and ability to perform Heimlich maneuver in infants. Study Design: Cross-sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted in OPD of CMH, Rawalpindi and PIMS, Islamabad for six months` time, from 16 -06-2019 to 25 -01-2020. Material and Methods: This study was conducted after informed consent and comprised of questionnaire to in-coming patients and general medical professionals of hospitals, then performance ability of those individuals was scored who knew how to perform. Random sampling was done. Results: 47.2% of participants were aware of the lifesaving maneuver in infants, out of the total. 43.1% responded for a red signal to perform it while 23.6% were not sure to perform. Among 33.3% who agreed to demonstrate it, 14.8% were scored 1= skilled, while 11.2% were given a score of 3=unsatisfactory. Conclusion: Although majority of our participants were not aware of Heimlich maneuver in infants, one third candidates from our sample size, knew the difference in technique and demonstrated it correctly. Among the performing candidates, majority were health related professionals thus we have recommended different strategies to educate general population regarding this very important lifesaving procedure.

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