Morte encefálica: conhecimento dos fisioterapeutas a respeito dos conceitos e protocolo em um hospital de urgências / Brain death: knowledge of physiotherapists about the concepts and protocol in an emergency hospital
Estudo transversal, analítico, realizado por meio de perguntas sociodemográficas e um questionário constituído por nove questões objetivas, elaborado com base na resolução nº 2.173/2017 do CFM.
RESULTADOS:
Participaram do estudo 27 fisioterapeutas que obtiveram uma pontuação média de 4,74 (DP ± 1,65) no questionário. As perguntas com maiores índices de erros foram as que indagaram sobre o tempo mínimo para abertura do protocolo de ME (92,6%) e a manutenção do suporte de vida em não doador (66,7%).
Brain death (BD) is characterized by the presence of apperceptive coma and the absence of brainstem reflexes. The success o the organ donation process is complex and depends on the active involvement of professionals in the process of active search and notification of potential donors (PD). The physiotherapist deals directly with the critical patient and, among other functions, manages mechanical ventilation, being essential in the process of maintaining the PD.
Cross-sectional, analytical study carried out using sociodemographic questions and a questionnaire consisting of nine objective questions, prepared based on CFM Resolution No. 2,173/2017.
RESULTS:
The study included 27 physiotherapistswho obtained an average score of 4.74 (SD ± 1.65) in the questionnaire. The questions with the highest error rates were those that asked about the minimum time to open the BD protocol (92.6%) and maintenance of life support in non-donor (66.7%).
CONCLUSION:
The physical therapists evaluated showed limited knowledge about BD concepts and protocol in view of the borderline number of correct answers. In addition, most professionals did not receive any type of training, which could be one of the determinants of low performance in the questionnaire.