Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction
<strong></strong><strong>Background:</strong> Title: Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction. The cardiorespiratory reanimation is a proved procedure that can save a human life in case of a cardiorespiratory stop. For th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/213 |
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| Summary: | <strong></strong><strong>Background:</strong> Title: Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction. The cardiorespiratory reanimation is a proved procedure that can save a human life in case of a cardiorespiratory stop. For three years it is imparted in the University Hospital of Cienfuegos, a training for this procedure, to the family of patients with sharp myocardic infarction. <strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the knowledge acquired by the relatives of the patients during the training. <strong>Methods:</strong> A prospective-descriptive study was carried out in the period between January 2002 and December 2004; the sample engulfed all those trained during this period (752 relatives). <strong>Results:</strong> Only the 4 % of relatives had some previous knowledge on the topic; most of them were able to acquire the practical and theoretical abilities proposed in the objectives of the course. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The putting in practice of this course is a preventive strategies, whose results can only be evaluated at long or median term; through future studies that corroborate their efficiency, according to the out-hospital mortality behaviour for acute miocardial infarction.<strong><br /></strong> |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |