EMS provider reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
| Autor: | Kevin G. O’Gara, Scott W. Melanson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Face shield
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| Zdroj: | Prehospital emergency care. 4(1) |
| ISSN: | 1090-3127 |
| Popis: | To assess the willingness of EMS providers to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MMR) both with and without a barrier device (e.g., face shield), while not on duty; and to determine the providers' perceived risk from performing MMR and the frequency with which they carry a barrier device.A survey was mailed to 543 EMS providers presenting four scenarios describing a patient in respiratory arrest. The respondents were asked whether they would perform MMR in each scenario both with and without a barrier device.Of those surveyed, 342 (64%) responded. Strikingly few (or =5%) of the respondents would perform MMR without a barrier on each of the cases, except for the case of a pediatric drowning (52%). The respondents were least likely to perform MMR on a patient with AIDS (1%). The respondents were much more likely to perform MMR in each case if a barrier device was available. The respondents were very concerned about the risk of contagion from MMR, yet 44% of the respondents rarely or never carried a barrier device with them.Emergency medical services providers are quite reluctant to perform MMR, and this is likely related to their perception of a high risk of contagion. The availability of barrier devices greatly decreases this reluctance, but EMS personnel carry such devices infrequently. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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