Neurointensive of post-anoxic encephalopathy after heart arrest

Abstract

The event occurs in the Anesthesiology Service at the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto "Guantanamo, the patient presents criteria for heart arrest with severe wound in the right muscle close to the right femoral artery and vein. After 54 minutes of resuscitation oriented to brain, stable vital parameters are achieved. The patient entered to the operating room and the lesions were repaired. Details of per operative and intensive neuroprotection were shared as well as considerations in existing bibliographies regarding therapeutic hypothermia after heart arrest and the prognosis of this patient, which is unique for treating a patient with low survival, which can be reversed with the shared staff awareness of assistance based on the rescue of the victims that is possible together with the professionalism of teamwork.