[Implantation of an intra-hospital resuscitation program].
The authors present their own experience on the installation of an in-hospital resuscitation programme, in a new tertiary hospital with 400 beds, an ICU with 8 beds and an emergency room 24 hours per day. The most important features presented are: the support by the Board of the Hospital, the engagement of all the health professionals, the distribution standardization and maintenance of the resuscitation equipment, the training in basic life-support techniques the doctors and nurses in the hospital, the performance of the cardiac arrest teams, all of which are fundamental to the maintenance of the chain of survival of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Granja
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Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Departamento de Anestesiologia, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos.
Camacho
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Morujão
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D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D011174:Portugal; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
Instalação de um programa de ressuscitação intra-hospitalar.