The layperson in emergency situations

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)The layperson's qualification to provide early care in emergency situations and basic life support (BLS) is fundamental to save lives and prevent sequels. The objective was to identify the level of knowledge of lay people about approaching an emergency victim. Structured interviews in non-technical language were used with a 385-subject sample, average age 35.4 (+/- 14.55) years, with more than 50% having a high school or university education. Over 55% of these observed situations with loss of consciousness, but only 31% called for specialized help. 34% underwent a first-aid course, but only 13% feel prepared. The most often cited place of learning was the driving school (DS), 35.9%. Other training places were higher when compared to the DS (p = 0.048). Almost 17% do not know how to recognize the presence of vital signs. Almost 31% do not know the telephone number of the emergency service. Laypersons have incomplete or incorrect knowledge about care for unconscious victims.424763770Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP

Laypeople and basic life support

Training laypeople to give first aid in emergency situations and offer basic life support (BLS) is crucial in order to save lives and avoid sequelae. The objective was to identify laypeople's knowledge about BLS. Structured interviews were performed using non-technical language. The sample consisted of 385 subjects. Most (57.1%) were women with complete secondary-level education and incomplete higher education (53.7%). It was verified that only 9.9% know the mouth-to-mouth ventilation maneuver; 84.2% knew the chest compression technique (CCT), and 79.9% of these knew its purpose. Only 14.5% know how to position the victim to perform CCT; 82.4% reported a frequency below 60 CCT minute. Since they do not have adequate information and foundations regarding the stages of BLS, laypeople can give incorrect first aid to victims, which can harm resuscitation.43233434

Assistência de Enfermagem no período de recuperação anestésica: revisão de literatura La asistencia de enfermería en el período de recuperación anestésica: revisión de literatura Recovery room: a review of nursing care literature

Após constatação de que os pacientes submetidos aos mais diversos procedimentos cirúrgicos, ao serem admitidos na unidade de recuperação anestésica, apresentavam seus prontuários com dados relevantes mal registrados, de forma desorganizada e incompletos, foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico nacional no período 1990 à 2002 para identificar e analisar como a assistência de enfermagem em sala de recuperação anestésica é documentada. Utilizou-se o sistema informatizado de busca LILACS (Literatura Latino Americana de Ciências da Saúde), PERIENF (Acervo de Periódicos da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo) e BDENF (Biblioteca J. Baeta Viana da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). Os indexadores foram: assistência de enfermagem, recuperação anestésica e período pós-operatório imediato. Encontrou-se 16 artigos referentes a este tema, apesar da importância dada a continuidade do cuidado ao paciente neste período.<br>Después de constatarse que los pacientes sometidos a los más diversos procedimientos quirúrgicos, al ser admitidos en la unidad de recuperación anestésica, tenían historias clínicas con los datos relevantes mal registrados, de forma desorganizada y incompletos, fue que se realizó una revisión bibliográfica nacional en el período de 1990 al 2002 para identificar y analizar cómo es documentada la asistencia de enfermería en sala de recuperación anestésica. Se utilizó el sistema informatizado de búsqueda LILACS (Literatura Latino Americana de Ciencias de la Salud) PERIENF (Acervo de Periódicos de la Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad de São Paulo) y BDENF (Biblioteca J. Baeta Viana de la Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais). Los indexadores fueron: asistencia de enfermería, recuperación anestésica y período post operatorio inmediato. Se encontraron 16 artículos referentes a este tema, a pesar de la importancia dada a la continuidad del cuidado al paciente en este período.<br>The present study was undertaken after it was observed that patients submitted to surgical procedures arrived in recovery room with incomplete records, thus complicating continuing nursing care. The goal of the present study is to analyze bibliographic data from 1990 to 2002 on recovery room nursing care. The data was obtained from LILACS (Latin America Literature about Health Science), PERIENF (Nursing School Library of the University of São Paulo) and BDENF (Library of Federal University of Minas Gerais). The key words were nursing care, recovery room and immediate post-operative period. Only 16 articles were found, indicating a shortage of literature on this topic. The recovery room period is an important period of hospitalization and the data are essential for continuous care