Introdução: A ressuscitação cardiopulmonar (RCP), em especial, a compressão torácica de alta qualidade é fundamental para a sobrevivência de pacientes vítimas de parada cardiorrespiratória (PCR) intra e extra-hospitalar. Um ponto importante a ser considerado é que não existem recomendações ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of individual and team care for cardiac arrest in a pediatric hospital using clinical surprise simulation (in situ mock code). Methods: We conducted an observational study with a sample of the hospital staff. Clinical simulations of cardiorespiratory arrest w...
Antecedentes: las enfermedades cardiovasculares son la primera causa de muerte a nivel mundial y en el Ecuador. La atención de un paro cardíaco fuera del hospital (OHCA) continúa siendo un reto, en donde el inicio temprano de compresiones torácicas más desfibrilación precoz incrementa la sobrevida....
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that we are currently experiencing has produced new clinical scenarios, within these, prone ventilation is one of the most frequent, especially in critically ill patients, exposing us to having to perform CPR on a patient who is in a prone position. The first suggestion of a prone...
Our country, like the rest of the world, have been facing for a little more than three months, a pandemia caused by a new virus called “SARS-CoV-2”, which spread started in Wuhan, China. As this virus has crossed all geographic boundaries, so has done with those related to human wellbeing. We have fa...
During this Pandemic it has been reported that 5% of cases require an Intensive Care Unit. Certain patients who present hypoxemia, acidosis, electrolyte disorders or adverse effects of drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, may end up in Cardiac Arrest. In these patients, it is recommended to provide high-qua...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVES 1) To evaluate the efficiency of a new method of training laypeople on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). 2) To assess previous knowledge of the participants. METHODS Instructors were trained according to the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines, with emphasis on CPR. Dummi...
Brasil,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/educación,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/métodos,
Escolaridad,
Educación en Salud/métodos,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Personal de Salud/educación,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Estudiantes,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Recientemente fue publicado en la Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral (Volumen 34, Número 3) un trabajo titulado Nivel de información sobre reanimación cardiopulmonar en la Atención Primaria de Salud1 el cual concluye que fue insatisfactorio en un porcentaje alto de médicos y enfermeras y es...
ABSTRACT Objective: to report the experience of conducting directed temperature control of a post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation patient, with reduced and basic inputs available at the institution. Method: an experience report of directed temperature control in patient (age 15 years), after four hours o...
Dolor Abdominal/etiología,
Apendicitis/complicaciones,
Apendicitis/cirugía,
Regulación de la Temperatura Corporal/fisiología,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/efectos adversos,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/métodos,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/normas,
Fiebre/etiología,
Hipotermia Inducida/métodos,
Peritonitis/complicaciones,
Peritonitis/cirugía,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos,
Vómitos/etiología
