Fatores que impedem uma pessoa leiga de realizar reanimação cardiorrespiratória

Abstract

To identify the barriers that prevent lay individuals from performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an extra-hospital setting. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study whose sample included people who voluntarily agreed to participate by answering an online form. Participants were invited to participate in the survey through social networks. Results: With a sample of 512 participants, the sociodemographic profile was characterized by a predominance of females (80.0%), with higher education (58.6%), residing in Rio Grande do Sul (46.0%) and age between 18 and 25 years (55.5%). Most participants know more or less how to identify a cardiorespiratory arrest (45.5%), know what cardiopulmonary resuscitation is (54.1%), do not know how to perform resuscitation (45.4%), feel little prepared to perform a resuscitation (52.9%), did not observe CPR being performed (62.1%) and never performed one (97.1%). When analyzing the attitudes taken by the participants when encountering an awake stranger, “just call the rescue” predominated (55.1%). Of the total, 62.5% of people do not perform CPR on strangers because they do not know how to do it. When dealing with an unconscious family member, the majority also “just call for the rescue” (49.7%). It was observed that 67.5% of people do not perform CPR on family members because they do not know how to do it. When asked about the feeling about a possible death after care, most said they would feel sad (58.2%). Conclusion: Considering the results, it was possible to identify how important training on CPR is, and how this lack of knowledge prevents a layperson from performing pre hospital care, and makes rescuers afraid when helping a stranger or even a familiar.