Background: The cardiac and respiratory arrest has high mortality rate which can be easily prevented with simple maneuver and skills and CPR which is an effective procedures if adopted under BLS within early critical minutes of cardiac and respiratory arrest. The aim of this study is to determine the level of awareness of basic life support (BLS) among doctors. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted on doctors working in Liaquat University hospital Hyderabad and Jamshoro. A multi-section questionnaire regarding awareness of Basic Life Support. In total 348 doctors were selected through convenient non-probability sampling technique. Analysis was done in SPSS version 22.0 & Chi-square test was applied to seek association between variable of interest. Results: The relationship of awareness about BLS to age & gender of respondents cumulatively showed significant association (p=0.01). Regarding years of job experience, 60.91% had experience 2-6 years; another 11.8% participants had experience of more than 14 years. Regarding previous experience of BLS, 69% of respondents replied that they had previous experience of BLS. Around 94.0 respondents were of the opinion that CPR procedure should bemandatory to all health care providers. There were 71.8% respondents who had complete knowledge about all components of chest compression during CPR. Conclusions: Despite the high level of awareness about BLS among doctors & enabling environment of hospitals, there is a gap in practicing it. This gap needs to be filled through continuous persuasion of health care providers.

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease with symptoms that affect many aspects of daily life. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of exercise guidelines brochure on daily living activities and disease symptoms for patients′ with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Research Design: Pre-posttest research design. Sample: Sixty adult patients from both sex their age range between (40-65) years. Setting: The study was conducted in neurology department and its outpatient clinic at Sohag University Hospital. Tools: Two tools were used: first tool interview questionnaire sheet, second tool Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). Results: The present study revealed that there were statistically significant differences between pre and post application of exercises guidelines regarding activities of daily living, and disease symptoms. Conclusion: Exercises guidelines were effective in improving daily living activities and disease symptoms for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Recommendation: Exercise program for Parkinson’s disease patients should be available in the neurology department and outpatient clinic at Sohag University Hospital.