BASIC LIFE SUPPORT FOR LAY PEOPLE: REPORT OF EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
The diseases of the circulatory system, especially heart diseases, are one of the leading causes of deaths in Brazil and worldwide. However, this mortality profile shows a reductionist trend through the use of correct techniques of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), employed by trained lay rescuer...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Ciência em Extensão |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs-new.unesp.br:article/1383 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/1383 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Health education. Cardiorespiratory arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Basic life support. Universities. Educación en Salud. Paro cardiorrespiratorio. Resucitación cardiopulmonar. Soporte Vital Básico. Universidades Educação em Saúde. Parada Cardíaca. Ressuscitação Cardiopulmonar. Universidades. |
| Resumo: | The diseases of the circulatory system, especially heart diseases, are one of the leading causes of deaths in Brazil and worldwide. However, this mortality profile shows a reductionist trend through the use of correct techniques of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), employed by trained lay rescuers who perform the first assistance to the victims. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the experience of undergraduate students from Nursing and Physical Education programs in educational activities promoted to the community of a state university in the south of Bahia on Heimlich maneuvers and CPR. This is an experience report on the activities arising from the extension project entitled “University Health: Promotion and Prevention Actions for Wellness”, which was conducted for the public considered ignorant of the theme. Thus, participants were 10 technical and administrative employees, 05 interns and 12 students of the undergraduate nursing program. The extension activities were scheduled in 12 meetings between March and November 2015 (except June to August due to a strike in Bahia State Universities), with a discussion of Heimlich maneuvers and CPR in adults and children as important steps in reducing mortality rates from heart diseases when performed early and effectively. Most participants reported that they realized the importance of the workshops as a potential measure to “save lives” and reduce complications after cardiac arrest. The monitors reported on the need to expand the project to other places such as schools and public and private companies, to enable the training of a larger number of people for this service under the new guidelines of 2015, as well as the deployment of automatic defibrillators in public spaces associated with training a specific group of people to use them. For the monitors, the project also allowed the opportunity to exercise the theoretical knowledge, not always seen in depth of information and execution in the basic curriculum subjects of each program. |
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