Updated guide to life-saving interventions from the Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health's "Communiqué on Amendments to the Communiqué on the Working Procedures and Principles of Ambulance and Emergency Care Technicians and Emergency Medical Technicians" was published in the Official Gazette.

"Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Aid and Care Flow Charts" included in the Communiqué on Working Procedures and Principles of Ambulance and Emergency Care Technicians and Emergency Medical Technicians have been renewed.

Accordingly, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance and Care Flow Charts consist of 3 main sections: "Adult Algorithms", "Birth and Newborn Algorithms" and "Child Algorithms". There are 78 subcategories in these main sections.

In this context, the title of "Field Management" was changed to "Crime Scene Management" and the order and content of the steps were changed. Accordingly, pre-hospital emergency medical teams will first call the Health Command and Control Center to obtain information about the scene and manage the scene in a coordinated manner. Depending on the number of patients or injured people and the nature of the incident, they will determine the need for additional resources and request the necessary team and equipment.

The concept of "agitated patient", which is used for patients who show extreme restlessness, restlessness, irritability, anxiety and increased mobility, and sometimes show aggressive or violent reactions to their environment, was also included in the communiqué. Under the title "Approach to the agitated patient", detailed information was given about how to communicate with these patients and the medical assistance to be applied.

In the annex of the communiqué, which explains in detail how to intervene in diabetic patients in case of emergency, how to intervene in cases of allergic reactions and which medications to use are also explained.

With the regulation, "BEFAST", a screening method that aims to enable healthcare professionals to quickly recognize the symptoms of acute stroke, will be used in the evaluation of patients with suspected stroke.

Source: TRT Haber Sağlık RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)