Izazovi rada ekipe hitne medicinske pomoći uz nošenje osobne zaštitne opreme

master's thesis

• Title (english): Emergency medical team wor related difficulties due to wearing protective equipment
• Author: Karlo Švegović
• Mentor: Robert Likić (mentor)
• Committee member: Milan Milošević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasenka Markeljević (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Robert Likić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-21, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences

Abstract

Zaštitna oprema standardni je dio medicine koji datira još od pojave kuge u srednjem vijeku.
Koristila se tijekom svih većih pandemija u povijesti: španjolske gripe, velikih boginja, ebole,
ptičje gripe. Ona se sastoji od više dijelova, a koristi se u svrhu prevencije zaraze zdravstvenih
djelatnika patogenima kojima su okruženi. S pojavom COVID-19 infekcije, zaštitna oprema
postala je svakodnevna komponenta u skrbi za pacijente. To je utjecalo na rad svih odjela
bolnica, svih ambulanti na svim razinama zdravstvene zaštite. Poseban utjecaj imala je na rad
izvanbolničke hitne medicinske pomoći koja je i bez pandemije COVID-19 sama po sebi
specifično radilište. U izvanbolničkoj hitnoj medicini zaštitna oprema koristila se na svakoj
intervenciji kod koje je postojao rizik da je pacijent zaražen koronavirusom. Simptomi poput
febriliteta, kašlja, bolova u mišićima, slabosti tretirali su se kao potencijalni rizik od zaraze.
Postupak odijevanja zaštitne opreme sastoji se od niza pažljivih koraka kako bi se u potpunosti
zaštitili od potencijalne zaraze, sve je to utjecalo na kvalitetu rada izvanbolničke hitne
medicinske pomoći. Produžilo se vrijeme izlaska na intervencije, smanjila se kvaliteta
izvođenja manualnih vještina, javila su se fizička ograničenja u izvođenju medicinskih
postupaka. U ovom istraživanju navedeni su problem s kojima su se susretali zdravstveni
djelatnici na radilištu izvanbolničke hitne medicinske pomoći.

Abstract (english)

Personal protective equipment (PPE) was an integral part of medical practice since the
occurance of the great plague in the middle ages. It has been used in every global pandemic
since then: Spanish flu, Smallpox, Ebola, bird flu. PPE consists of several parts, and is used for
the purpose of preventing the infection of healthcare workers with the pathogens they are
surrounded by. With the advent of the COVID-19 infection, protective equipment has become
an everyday component of patient care. This affected the work of all hospital departments, all
clinics at all levels of health care. It had a special impact on the work of outpatient emergency
medical care, which is a specific workplace in itself even without the COVID-19 pandemic. In
outpatient emergency medicine, protective equipment was used whenever there was a risk of
working with a coronavirus infected patient. Symptoms of fever, cough, muscle pain, weakness
were treated as a potential risk of infection. The process of donning protective equipment
consists of a series of careful steps in order to fully protect against potential infection, all of
which affected the quality of work of the outpatient emergency medical service. Response time
increased, the quality of manual skills decreased and physical limitations appeared in the
performance of medical procedures. In this study, the problems encountered by healthcare
workers at the workplace of outpatient emergency medical care are assessed.

• Keywords: COVID-19; pandemija; zaraza; zaštitna oprema; izvanbolnička hitna medicinska pomoć; postupci; poteškoće
• Keywords (english): COVID-19; pandemics; infection; personal protective equipment; outpatient emergency medicine; procedures; difficulties
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:659125
• Study programme: Title: Studies in Nursing; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra sestrinstva (magistar/magistra sestrinstva)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-02-20 09:36:36