Acadêmicos de graduação em enfermagem e o suporte básico de vida.

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary arrest (PCR) results in death, if there isn’t an appropriate intervention. The objective of this study was to identify knowledge and skill of the last academic year of undergraduate nursing students, for the interventions required ahead PCR. Descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative, transversal and observational approach, developed in a higher education institution in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul State. The study subjects were students of the undergraduate course in Nursing; studying disciplines of the 9th or the 10th semester. They were informed on the subject, objectives, methodology of the study and that their participation does not imply losses and risks, complying with Resolution 466/2012. For data collection, we would advise that the subjects who were alone front of a dummy simulating a person who had a sudden illness at the reception of the Family Health Strategy, no more information about it. Provided up materials for Basic Life Support (BLS). We used an adapted form for the assessment of practical skills, with 26 items to be followed, according to the 2010 CPR Guidelines, guiding the observation. There was also a video recording in detail plan for increased reliability of the data collected while maintaining the anonymity of the academic. It was identified that all subjects when acting alone, showed no knowledge nor ability to BLS interventions against an extra-hospital cardiac arrest. It also showed a lack of concern with the safety of the rescuer himself. Major procedure such as carotid pulse check, though not obeying the time stipulated by the guidelines, was conducted correctly. It is understood that this study has enabled the subject closer links between theory and practice, and even against the error, there is the opportunity of learning, allowed instigate reflections on the importance of the topic and the nurse's action in CPR, proposing discussions and improvements.