In case of cardiac arrest, getting CPR at the right time increases the chances of survival of the patient: Dr. Pratibha Jain Shah
Raipur. In case of cardiac arrest, if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not given at the right time, the patient dies. In case of cardiac arrest, it has been seen that getting CPR at the right time increases the chances of survival of the person by 30 percent. On the other hand, if CPR is not given at the right time, the chances of death increase with every minute and in about 6 to 8 minutes the patient suffers complete brain damage, which is called hypoxic brain damage in medical language. This situation arises when the brain does not get enough oxygen. ”This information was given by course instructor Dr. Pratibha Jain Shah to the participating medical students while giving training on the last day of the workshop of Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. In this workshop organized in the Skill Lab located on the fourth floor of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, the participants were given practice of high quality CPR, defibrillation, cardioversion and pacing today.
The course coordinator and instructor of this workshop organized by the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management of Pandit Nehru Medical College and Ambedkar Hospital are Department Head Dr. Pratibha Jain Shah and Emergency Medicine Specialist Dr. Shivam Patel. Along with them, Dr. Anisha Nagariya of Shri Balaji Institute of Medical Science Raipur, Emergency Medicine Specialist Dr. Balaji Shah of Ramakrishna Care Hospital Raipur, Dr. Janak Khambolja of Gujarat and Dr. Bharti Gindlani of AIIMS Jodhpur gave training to the students in BLS and ACLS course.
Appreciating this workshop organized to save lives of people in emergency situations, Dean Dr. Vivek Chaudhary said that cardiac arrest can happen to a person anywhere, at any place, in such a situation, with the help of training received from Basic Life Support Course, we can save precious lives of people. This course teaches us that in adverse situations, we can save a person’s life by checking the pulse and respiratory rate without panicking.
While giving training on high quality CPR, emergency medicine specialist Dr. Shivam Patel said that after 30 chest compressions, two breaths have to be given. Anyone can do CPR, it is not necessary to have a doctor or medical team for this. Nowadays, training in basic cardiac life support is also given in schools and colleges. To save as many lives as possible, there is a need to pay more attention to this training and there is also a need to support such programs.
Under basic life support, the experts explained in detail to the students the process of chest compression (method of applying pressure on the chest for saving life) and made everyone practice it one by one on a mannequin (dummy). While teaching about advanced cardiac life support, expert Dr. Janak Khamboljha taught about the signs and symptoms that occur in a patient before cardiac arrest. He explained the ways to prevent cardiac arrest. Practice was done on when to shock the patient, with how much energy and to bring the heart rate and rhythm back to normal. All the students were divided into groups and made team leaders one by one and given real time case scenarios and practice was done. Written and practical exams were taken for all in which the passing marks were 84%. All the students passed this exam with 100% marks.
