Pubblicazione scientifica

Coastal Fishermen as Lifesavers While Sailing at High Speed: A Crossover Study

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità
sicurezza e qualità sui luoghi di lavoro

RIASSUNTO

Purpose

Starting basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) early improves survival. Fishermen are the first bystanders while at work. Our objective was to test in a simulated scenario the CPR quality performed by fishermen while at port and while navigating at different speeds.

Methods

Twenty coastal fishermen were asked to perform 2 minutes of CPR (chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth ventilations) on a manikin, in three different scenarios: (A) at port on land, (B) on the boat floor sailing at 10 knots, and (C) sailing at 20 knots. Data was recorded using quality CPR software, adjusted to current CPR international guidelines.

Results

The quality of CPR (QCPR) was significantly higher at port (43% ± 10) than sailing at 10 knots (30% ± 15; p = 0.01) or at 20 knots (26% ± 12; p = 0.001). The percentage of ventilation that achieved some lung insufflation was also significantly higher when CPR was done at port (77% ± 14) than while sailing at 10 knots (59% ± 18) or 20 knots (57% ± 21) (p = 0.01).

Conclusion

In the event of drowning or cardiac arrest on a small boat, fishermen should immediately start basic CPR and navigate at a relatively high speed to the nearest port if the sea conditions are safe.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 24/04/2018

AUTORI

FUNGUEIRINO-SUAREZ RAMON
BARCALA-FURELOS ROBERTO
GONZALEZ-FERMOSO MARTA
MARTINEZ-ISASI SANTIAGO
FERNANDEZ-MENDEZ FELIPE
GONZALEZ-SALVADO VIOLETA
NAVARRO-PATON RUBEN
RODRIGUEZ-NUNEZ ANTONIO

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

REMOSS RSCH GROUP UNIV VIGO PONTEVEDRA SPAIN
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & SPORT SCIENCES UNIV VIGO PONTEVEDRA SPAIN
COMPLEJO HOSPITALARIO DE PONTEVEDRA PONTEVEDRA SPAIN
FACULTY OF NURSING & PODIATRY UNIV DA CORUNA A CORUNA SPAIN
UNIV SCHOOL OF NURSING UNIV VIGO PONTEVEDRA SPAIN
CLINURSID INVESTIGATION GROUP UNIV SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SPAIN
CARDIOLOGY DEPT UNIV CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF SANTIAGO UNIV SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SPAIN
FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNIV SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA LUGO SPAIN
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY & CRITICAL CARE DIVISION HOSPITAL CLINICO UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA SPAIN

RIVISTA

BioMed Research International, 2018, 2747046

IMPACT FACTOR

2,140

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