INCREASING EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CODE BLUE AT PALEMBANG BARI REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Abstract

Basic Life Support for cases of life-threatening medical emergencies, such as cardiac or respiratory arrest is carried out by medical staff following an immediate medical assistance call or "code blue". However, there are some gaps between the staff's capabilities and the regulations. Therefore, to enhance employees' ability to respond effectively to Cardiorespiratory Arrest emergencies, it's crucial to conduct Code Blue Training for Palembang BARI Hospital employees. A quantitative descriptive study was conducted in this study. The implementation of activities was carried out with a health management program approach from January to March 2022 starting from the program initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation stages. The implementation of the activity was carried out on 17 and 18 February 2022 at the Second Floor Hall of Palembang Bari Hospital. Evaluation of participants was carried out with pre-test and post-test questionnaires through Google Form. Descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the participants' knowledge. The results showed that there was a positive difference between the mean posttest (91.44) and pretest (71.5) scores of participants (+19.94 points) on a scale of 100 regarding code blue. An increase in participants' knowledge also occurred by 15.8% to 25.1% on some question items. This activity indicates an increase in employee knowledge related to code blue through lecture and simulation methods.