Conhecimento de tecnólogos e técnicos em radiologia sobre primeiros socorros nos serviços de diagnóstico por imagem na cidade de Teresina-Piauí

Abstract

First aid is immediate care that must be provided quickly to a person, victim of accidents or sudden illness until the arrival of qualified care. Considering that radiology technologists work in an environment conducive to emergency and emergency situations. It is of fundamental importance that they have knowledge about first aid. Methodology: a field research was carried out through the application of questionnaires with 15 questions related to first aid to 30 technicians and technologists in Teresina, with the purpose of evaluating the knowledge of these professionals about first aid and of knowing where they acquired such knowledge and situations most common of urgency and emergency in their day to day. Results: Of the 30 participants; 14 are technicians, 11 technologists and 5 have both training, 76% have acquired their knowledge in practice and in the training course, the most common situations of emergency emergence are reactions to contrast media, extravasation of contrast medium, vertigo and fainting and 69% had regular or good first aid knowledge.