We had 2 patients arrest in our reception about 5 months apart about 18
months ago. I attended both with 2 different partners and various members of
the primary care team including admin.
Both patients left the building in an ambulance with a pulse and starting to
come around. The first died 24 hours later and the second lived for a year
and lived happily. Both families were extremely pleased with the practice's
efforts in helping their relatives. We have yearly CPR training (including
how to use our defib and oxygen - and reminders on where everything is
stored) for all the practice and these were the only 2 events that have
happened in the last 30 yrs to me as a GP actually in the practice.
What was remarkable was the improvement between the first CPR and the
second, the first CPR was dissected in our significant events meeting (and
reviewed from our waiting room CCTV) and everyone felt there were aspects
they could have personally done better, we implemented several changes and
the second CPR event went so much better, we still felt there was room to
improve, but as a team we had come a long way and all the practice felt we
worked and supported each other's roles well. At no time in either event was
there panic - and we all felt that was due to the CPR training we had
received. Managing the crowded waiting room and marshalling gawping patients
was as important as chest compressions.
Both of these cases appeared in my appraisal .
I used to think the yearly CPR training was a bit of time wasted, but it
really made a difference when we needed to act with a common purpose. The
admin staff pay much more attention during the CPR training now!
My CPR appearance on the waiting room CCTV prompted me to eat less crisps
and cake for a few months....
Regards,
Alun
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From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Leuty
Sent: 27 December 2013 15:35
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On 27 December 2013 14:23, Russell Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As far as resus is concerned, I'm not sure. We have a friendly resus
> officer who comes in and reminds/trains everyone every 18 months or so.
Straw poll: how often do we do CPR on collapsed people rather than
Resusci-Annes?
I haven't put palms to sternum since I was a houseman 31 years ago.
Mike
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Michael Leuty
Nottingham, UK
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