A baby without a doctor dies in out-of-hospital emergency room in Madrid

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A baby died earlier this Friday at a point of continuous care (PAC). Paracuellos del Jarama (Madrid) As confirmed by El Periódico de España of the Prensa Ibérica group, Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid. The department, headed by Enrique Ruiz Escudero, detailed that a father came into the practice with his nine-month-old baby early this Friday morning. 24 hour health center In the town of Paracuellos de Jarama. The healthcare professional caring for the baby, in this case a nurse, “already notices the absence of vital signs” upon arrival. At the center, this newspaper learned from medical sources, there was only one nurse back then and a guard. there was no doctor.

Information confirmed by the Ministry of Health, that this nurse “continues to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers and Normal notification procedure to SUMMA112Incoming ‘immediately’ with mobile UVI and Home Assistance Unit (UAD). Madrid’s Health explains that while SUMMA experts “continue their attempt at resuscitation.” They confirm a prolonged pause in time. and eventually they confirm death”. They point out that if it were a doctor, the procedure would be the same: call SUMMA.

Since there is an unexpected death due to unknown reasons, the protocol corresponding to these situations is to step in and maximize the procedure. competent judicial authority“. A forensic scientist will now need to determine the cause of death.

Transferred from Paracuellos Municipal Council condolence to the family of the affected infant. “We are deeply saddened by the death of a baby at the Paracuellos de Jarama Health Centre. On behalf of the Council and all residents of the municipality, we express our condolences to his family and relatives,” the Madrid consory Twitter account.

As this paper learned from health resources on PACs, the professionals who looked after the girl were very impressed and anger is “enormous”. The same sources state that this device always had a doctor, before the out-of-hospital emergency model was remodeled, until when there was a Rural Care Service.

“Medically speaking, a medical professional is needed to diagnose, intubate, prescribe treatment… A healthcare worker cannot take care of everything alone because he is not a janitor,” said Lydia Pradera, a doctor at the hospital. El Periódico de Espana. The PAC of the town of Navalcarnero.

“Something very serious”

The Apertura SUAP platform also gave details about the event on Twitter. “We don’t have much information, but it looks like something very serious has happened in Paracuellos. Even though the PAC was one of those selected by the ministry tonight to have a full staff, they didn’t have a doctor, and at 7am some parents showed up with a serious baby.” PAC only there was a nurse specialist and a janitor. They state that “they did everything they could to help the baby, but they were unable to save his life.”

According to this platform, “having a doctor did not guarantee that the outcome would be different. But more could be done without a doubt by having a full team, as this is the minimum equipment most useful in an emergency. PACs that are not fully staffed wrong and we should not tolerate them. We cannot allow what happened tonight to happen again.”

status out-of-hospital emergency centersdenounced unions and toilets, “It remains a complete disaster and chaos.” Close to 70 percent of these devices are still without a doctor, recently condemned this newspaper. Mariano Martin- TeacherThe general secretary of CCOO Sanidad Madrid stressed that the situation is getting worse.

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