Cardiopulmonary Arrest: characterization of the assistance in the mobile emergency medical service

Abstract

Objective: to describe the characteristics of assistance for victims of cardiopulmonary arrest in the prehospital setting. Methods: this is a quantitative, epidemiological and retrospective study made from data present in the medical files of the assistance provided by the Mobile Emergency Medical Service, occurred in 2014 regarding the victims of cardiopulmonary arrest. The information was collected through a structured form using the Utstein language and the descriptive analysis was obtained after processing the data in the STATA 12.0 statistical package. Results: 946 medical files for cardiopulmonary arrest were investigated. Among the victims, there was a predominance of males (56.3%), aged 61-80 years (32.5%), events of a clinical nature (80%), the prevalent cardiac rhythm was asystole (42, 2%) and death was the main outcome (84.5%). Conclusions: it was found a need for training aimed at the population, with the aim of recognizing and intervening early in cardiopulmonary arrest and in parallel, improving anamnesis during telemedicine.