Construction of a cardiopulmonary bypass protocol in patients with COVID-19: Experience report

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592822214123

• Palavras-chave: Extracorporeal circulation; Covid-19; health professionals

• Keywords: Extracorporeal circulation; Covid-19; health professionals

• Abstract:

  INTRODUCTION: The pandemic brought a challenging moment to the entire global Health System and Health Professionals, with a high risk of affecting the mental and physical health of these workers. With this new world scenario, health professionals needed to have organizational conditions available so that they could perform their duties safely. the main function of the perfusionist is to perform the replacement of heart and lung functions during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, being responsible for conducting the patient's perfusion. OBJECTIVE: To report the experience on the construction of the protocol with the main recommendations and protection and safety measures related to the surgical routine with cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive study with qualitative characteristics, of the experience report type. DISCUSSION: Review on social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, hand hygiene routine, CPB assembly and preparation, and driving. CONCLUSION: Sharing experiences in the fields of health is an important strategy to add knowledge and increase awareness of the different possibilities for combating the epidemic in the context that is still present in our daily lives.