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Reducing time and potential errors in CPR medications using a CPR calculator in paediatric wards

by Saleh Binobaid 1 ,  Mohammed Almeziny 2 ,  Ip-Shing Fan 1 ,  Salem Almeziny 3  and  Abdullah Almeziny 4,*
1
Manufacturing Department, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
2
Consultant Clinical Pharmacy, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3
College of medicine, Almaarefa university, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4
College of medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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IJCMR  2023, 3; 1(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010003
Received: 11 July 2023 / Accepted: 16 August 2023 / Published Online: 19 August 2023
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Abstract

Background: The aim is to present an electronic CPR calculator combined with CDSS (clinical decision support system) as a safer and faster method for CPR calculation than manual calculation.

Methods: A group of 70 nurses were randomly selected to calculate a CPR card and then enter the patient data into the CPR calculator. The time needed to complete the calculations and the time needed to enter patient information into the CPR calculator were measured. In addition, the number of medication calculation errors were recorded.

Result: The time to finish the CPR card manually was 00:08:31 minutes and the time to generate the CPR card electronically was 00:01:15. The number of nurses who made errors in manual calculation was 23, the total number of errors was 101. There were no errors with the calculator.

Conclusion: The CPR calculator has provided an accurate (with no errors) and faster way to generate CPR cards compared to the manual method.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medication errors, paediatrics critical care; clinical decision support systems (CDSS); computerised provider order entry (CPOE).;
Copyright: © 2023 by Binobaid, Almeziny, Fan, Almeziny and Almeziny. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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Binobaid, S.; Almeziny, M.; Fan, I.; Almeziny, S.; Almeziny, A. Reducing time and potential errors in CPR medications using a CPR calculator in paediatric wards. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research, 2023, 1, 3. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010003
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Binobaid S, Almeziny M, Fan I, Almeziny S, Almeziny A. Reducing time and potential errors in CPR medications using a CPR calculator in paediatric wards. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research; 2023, 1(1):3. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010003
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Binobaid, Saleh; Almeziny, Mohammed; Fan, Ip-Shing; Almeziny, Salem; Almeziny, Abdullah 2023. "Reducing time and potential errors in CPR medications using a CPR calculator in paediatric wards" International Journal of Clinical Medical Research 1, no.1:3. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010003

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