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Reanimación cardiopulmonar básica: conocimiento teórico, desempeño práctico y efectividad de las maniobras en médicos generales.

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dc.creatorRojas, Luis; Departamento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
dc.creatorAizman, Andrés; Departamento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
dc.creatorArab, Juan Pablo; Interno. Escuela de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
dc.creatorAndresen, Max; Departamento de Intensivo. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
dc.creatorUtili, Franco; Escuela de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
dc.date2011-12-16
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dc.identifierhttp://www.revistamedicadechile.cl/ojs/index.php/rmedica/article/view/1483
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111135
dc.descriptionBASIC CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICAL SKILLS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MANEUVERS OF GENERAL PHYSICIANS. Background: General physicians should be adequately trained  to deliver effective resuscitation during ventricular fibrillation (VF). Aim: To assess the degree of knowledge, skills and practical effectiveness in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of Chilean general physicians. Materials and methods: Forty eight general physician starting Anesthesiology or Internal Medicine residency programs were evaluated. They answered a modified American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course written test and individually participated in a witnessed VF cardiac arrest simulated scenario. Execution of resuscitation tasks in the correct order, the quality of the maneuvers and the use of defibrillator were registered.  Results: All participants acknowledged the importance of uninterrupted CPR and early defibrillation. Seventy five percent knew the correct frequency of chest compressions, but only 6.25% knew all the effective chest compression characteristics. Ninety eight percent knew the recommended number of breaths per cycle. In practice, 58% performed effective ventilations, 33% performed uninterrupted compressions, 14% did them with adequate frequency and only 8% performed chest compressions adequately. Forty four percent requested a defibrillator within 30 seconds and 31% delivered the first defibrillation within 30 seconds of defibrillator arrival. Airway, breathing, circulation and defibrillation sequence was correctly performed by 12% of participants and 80% acknowledged that their medical training was inadequate or insufficient for managing a cardiac arrest. Conclusions: Despite an elevated degree of knowledge about key aspects of CPR, this group of Chilean physician displayed suboptimal practical skills while performing CPR in a simulated scenario, specially delivering effective chest compressions and promptly asking for and using the defibrillator.    es-ES
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dc.publisherRevista Médica de Chilees-ES
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dc.sourceRevista Médica de Chile; Vol. 140, núm. 1 (2012): ENERO 2012es-ES
dc.source0034-9887
dc.subjectCardiopulmonary resuscitation; Electric countershock; Ventricular fibrillationes-ES
dc.titleReanimación cardiopulmonar básica: conocimiento teórico, desempeño práctico y efectividad de las maniobras en médicos generales.es-ES
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