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Paramedics refer to healthcare professionals Assignment

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•Paramedics refer to healthcare professionals, predominantly found to work in pre-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, who form an integral part of certain emergency medical services (EMS). •The scope of paramedic practice often varies between different countries. However, it generally includes the process of autonomous decision making that is related to emergency care of patients. One such emergency situation frequently encountered by the paramedic professionals includes cardiac arrest. This condition refers to the sudden loss of blood flow that results in failure of the heart to pump blood in an efficient manner. •This condition most often leads to loss of consciousness, and absence of breathing. Thus, a paramedic plays an essential role in initial assessment of such patients, while providing necessary emergency care services. MethodScope of paramedic practice to improve survival among cardiac arrest patientsName of the StudentName of the University•The role of a paramedic encompasses managing the airways, understanding emergency pharmacology, restoring body temperature, improving neurological outcomes, and enhancing the overall survival of the patients. •Paramedics should implement techniques to create an open pathway in the lungs. Furthermore, chest compressions and rescue of breathing will also help in providing emergency relief to the patients. •Paramedic should also focus on implementing therapeutic hypothermia to reduce cardiovascular instability, and to protect the brain from ischemia.IntroductionA comprehensive search of three electronic database namely, PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE was conducted with the use of appropriate search terms and boolean operators. Full-text articles published in English, on or after 2013 were selected. 5 articles were selected for the review.AimThe review was aimed to identity the potential role of paramedic professionals in treating patients who have suffered cardiac arrest. The review also aimed to investigate whether the common interventions implemented by paramedics improved the survival rates of cardiac arrest patientsResultsConclusionThe paramedics are offered higher responsibility and autonomy, while providing emergency care assistance to all patients. Thus, the paramedics play an important role in restoring the circulation and breathing of the cardiac arrest patients by CPR, resuscitation, and hypothermia.AuthorsSummary of findingsHasegawa K, Hiraide A, Chang Y, Brown DF. 2013CPR with advanced airway management acted as a significant predictor of poor neurological outcomes among cardiac arrest patients, in comparison to the conventional bag-valve mask ventilation emergency servicesRubertsson S, Lindgren E, Smekal D, Östlund O, Silfverstolpe J, Lichtveld RA, Boomars R, Ahlstedt B, Skoog G, Kastberg R, Halliwell D. 2014No major differences were observed in the 4-hour survival rates of all patients, having received manual or mechanical CPRNehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard S, Smith K. 2015Significant improvements and higher survival rates, followed by favorable neurological outcomes were reported among patients, following arrival or paramedic professionalsMoler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Clark AE, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K. 2015No significant difference was observed in the survival rates of cardiac arrest patients, who were exposed to therapeutic hypothermia and nonhypothermiaKim F, Nichol G, Maynard C, Hallstrom A, Kudenchuk PJ, Rea T, Copass MK, Carlbom D, Deem S, Longstreth WT, Olsufka M. 2014Pre-hospital cooling was found to reduce the core temperature by hospital arrival and also reduced the time needed to reach the optimum temperature of 34°C, but did not affect survival rate or neurological outcomesFindings
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