The Relationship between Student Attitude regarding Basic Life Support with Student Motivation in Helping Victims of Cardiac Arrest among Nursing Students

Abstract

Cardiac arrest is an emergency condition that often occurs. This relatively high incidence underlies the importance of attitudes about basic life support in the initial management of cardiac arrest. A positive attitude about basic life support and supported by the helper's motivation in dealing with victims of cardiac arrest can increase survival rates. Basic Life Support is a series of initial effects to restore respiratory and or circulatory function in someone who has experienced respiratory arrest and or cardiac arrest. This study was a correlational research. The population was all regular undergraduate nursing students with proportional random sampling (155 respondents). Data collection technique with a questionnaire. The analytical method used Chi-Square with a p-value of 0.000 ≤ 0.005. The results showed that students who had positive attitudes about basic life support had moderate motivation in helping victims of cardiac arrest and students who had negative attitudes about basic life support had low motivation in helping victims of cardiac arrest. The conclusion showed that there was a relationship between students' attitudes about basic life support and student motivation in helping victims of cardiac arrest among students at STIKES Sukabumi.