Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction

• Main Authors: Brandy Viera Valdés, Paula Aguila Solis, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Pablo. A. Rodríguez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2006-12-01
• Series: Medisur
• Subjects: resucitación cardiopulmonar; conocimientos; actitudes y práctica; infarto del miocardio
• Online Access: http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/213

<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>