Health professionals' lived experience of the presence of family members during resuscitation: an observational study
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Family presence, Relatives presence, Resuscitation, Witness, EmergencyAbstract
BACKGROUND: The opportunity for family members to assist during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is controversial among healthcare professionals. Despite supporting evidence, this presence in emergency departments is not widely practiced.
AIM: To measure the perception of physicians and nurses among the presence of family members in the Emergency Department (ED), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU), and 118 of a Milan hospital.
METHODS: A questionnaire was administered with questions relating to the possibility of having relatives’ assistance, the effects of this decision, and the opinion of operators regarding this specific approach. The answers were compared based on the profession (physicians, nurses), the Department (118, ED, ICU, CCU), and the length of service (≤ 5 years, 6-14 years, ≥ 15 years).
RESULTS: The sample analyzed consisted of 200 forms (79% nurses, 21% physicians; 52.5% ED workers, 27% from ICU, 15.5% from CCU and 5% from 118; 18,5% ≤ years of service, 31,5% 6-14 years and 50% ≥ years). The prevailing opinion is that relatives should not assist to CPR. The medical staff is less opposed than the nursing staff, although there are clear differences between the ICU and the CCU staff. Health workers with less length of service consider the presence of family members as an obstacle and fear incurring legal repercussions.
CONCLUSIONS: It is helpful to delineate protocols to support health professionals in dealing with the request of relatives to assist during the CPR of their loved ones.
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