Analysis of care for victims of cardiorespiratory arrest in Primary Health Care: narrative review

Abstract

Objective: To analyze how the care of victims of cardiorespiratory arrest by professionals working in Primary Health Care occurs. Bibliographic review: Faced with a cardiorespiratory arrest, professionals often have weaknesses/difficulties, such as failure to adequately and early identification of this emergency, and failure to perform effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Therefore, it is necessary to evidence in the literature subsidies to assist in the care of this emergency. Thus, the professionals' lack of knowledge was identified as the main weaknesses; deficit of permanent education and training; fragility in the bond between team members; shortage of materials and infrastructure; the population's lack of knowledge about primary health care as a gateway to urgencies and emergencies and a lack of communication between the different levels of care in the network. As for the strategies, professional qualification/Continuing education and Protocol implementation were highlighted. Final considerations: Weaknesses experienced by primary care professionals were identified, with regard to the care of people in cardiorespiratory arrest, as well as the strategies for this context. In other words, care for this emergency occurs in the context studied, however, with the need for qualification aiming at a better outcome for the victims.