Objective: To assess the improvement in knowledge of healthcare professionals after attending Neonatal Life Support training workshop.
Methods: The interventional study with secondary data was conducted in the Neonatology Department of the Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, using 2-year data of all the training workshops from 2017 to 2018. The participants were consultants, post-graduate residents, nurses, lady health visitors, lady health workers and rescue workers. Knowledge was tested through a true/false questionnaire regarding resuscitation skills both before and after the hands-on workshop. The score of each candidate was recorded on a results sheet. Baselines scores were compared with respective post-workshop test. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.
Results: Of the 52 workshops, 35(%) were conducted in 2017 and 17(%)in 2018, and of the 1350 particpants, 1080(81%) were doctors, 257(18%) were nurses and 13(1%) were paramedics and rescue workers. Mean overall baseline score was 71.96±8.38 compared to 86.60+/-5.48 post-intervention (p<0.001).
Conclusions: The Neonatal Life Support training workshop resulted in significant gain in knowledge about neonatal resuscitation by healthcare professionals.
Keywords: Neonatal resuscitation, Neonatal training workshops, Helping babies breathe, Neonatal life support..