Basic life support: knowledge for nursing practice in pre-hospital service

International Journal of Development Research

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9712

4 pages

Research Article

Francisco Mayron Morais Soares, Maria Flaviana Alencar, Jennyffer de Souza Moraes, Camila Alves De Sousa Queiroz, Regilane Araújo da Silveira, Carlos Lucas Damasceno Pequeno, Rebeca Chaves Cruz, Raymari Dias Almeida, Eveline Michelle Lima da Silva, Denilson Félix Teixeira dos Anjos, Natália de Brito Mendes Martins, Elizangela Maria Silva Freitas, Samyla Citó Pedrosa, Italo igoberto Cavalcante de Andrade Rita Neuma Dantas Cavalcante De Abreu and Julyana Gomes Freitas

Received 24^th May, 2017 Received in revised form 15^th June, 2017; Accepted 23^rd July, 2017; Published online 30^th August, 2017

Copyright©2017, Francisco Mayron Morais Soares et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the Basic Life Support and the knowledge for the practice of nursing in the pre-hospital service with emphasis on CRCA. Method: It is a descriptive and cross-sectional study of a quantitative approach, which was carried out from October 2015 to March 2016 in the Mobile Pre-hospital Care Services (SAMU) and fixed services that are the Emergency Care Units (UPA). Sample which in the case corresponded to 245 nursing professionals Results: There were no excellent scores on the questions, two scores were considered good level on two questions, two scores considered on a regular level on two questions, 11 questions with poor level score and three questions with insufficient score. Conclusion: Nursing qualification programs for care are a way to approach their practical reality, improving care. Descriptors: Nursing; Nursing Education; Emergency Nursing; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

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