BASILISK Pre-Intervention
SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand

Cardiac arrest is an emergency condition that occurs suddenly without initial symptoms anywhere and anytime, for example in an environment outside the hospital that is called Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA). In Indonesia, it is estimated that 30 people per day or 10,000 people experienced cardiac arrest outside the hospital (Indonesian Cardiovascular Specialist Doctors Association, 2020). In order to deal  with emergency cases of cardiac arrest, an effort is needed to restore and maintain vital organ functions. It is commonly known as Basic Life Support. The basic life support for cardiac arrest is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

On September 10th, 2022, SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand held a pre-intervention activity including training and simulation. The training with title “Bantuan Hidup Dasar” given by the expert from PERKI (Perhimpunan Dokter Kardiovaskular Indonesia) Sumatera Barat, Dr.dr. Eka Fithra Elfi, SpJP(K) for SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand members and cadre of BASILISK. This material will be useful when finding life-threatening emergency cases, especially sudden cardiac death (SCD).

Several things should be concerned in the management of basic life support such as knowing the sign of cardiac arrest, emergency activation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and defibrillator usage.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an action with 30x chest compression and 2x breathing. The differences of action will be found in COVID-19 and intubated patients. In patients with intubation, we should do 100x/min compression and 8-10x/min bagging in 2 minutes. Meanwhile, for COVID-19 patients there are several managements such as reducing the exposure of helper, prioritizing oxygenation and ventilation strategy with low risk aerosolization, and also determining propiness of resuscitation.

The take home message that we can learn is early cardiac life support can help us to fix spontaneous circulation of sudden cardiac death patients. So, it is important for individuals to know and practice basic life support knowledge.

After the training, members of SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand are given emergency cases management simulation including fracture, CPR and wound by HET BEM KM FK Unand.

All the members are divided into small groups that consist of 5-6 people then consecutively walk through three stations. Every station has 2 trainers from HET BEM KM FK Unand and last for 15 minutes. This simulation aims to provide earlier practical knowledge for the members, especially for the 2021s.

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Standing Committee on Medical Education

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Empowering Medical Students
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