SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPROVED PREHOSPITAL RESUSCITATION

Abstract

Timely and adequate medical treatment of the patients with sudden cardiac arrest in the prehospital phase is vital for the disease outcomes. A study was conducted at the Yakutsk City Emergency Department with the purpose of assessing the quality of prehospital resuscitation and the impact of simulation trainings on life support. The sampling method was used to study all deaths and resuscitation cases in the period 2017-2020. It was established that the average figure for successful cardiac resuscitation was 29.8%, increasing to 36.8% when the circulatory arrest happened in the presence of an emergency medical team. The study assessed the quality of resuscitation after the staff completed training course in the new techniques of Four-Step Approach for emergency medical teams and Three-Step Approach for resuscitation teams. It revealed the significance of simulation trainings for keeping paramedics ready for high-quality professional resuscitation. In addition to analyzing and monitoring the resuscitation provided by emergency medical teams, it is important to develop an optimum strategy and to improve the forms of conducting simulation trainings.