Catarina Carvalho

200x200-catarina-carvalhoMedical Degree by Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa (FML) on 2003 and Pos-graduation on Emergent Infectious Diseases by FML on 2005.

Resident in Anaesthesia, Reanimation and Pain Therapy on the Anaesthesiology Department of Hospital Garcia de Orta.

Since 2008, has been involved in various actions of Continuous Formation of other health professionals in the fields of Anesthesia, Reanimation and Pain Therapy.

From 2011, works on Pre-Hospitalar Emergency of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (activity on the Medical Car of Emergency and Reanimation of Almada).

 

Summary of the presentation

  • Basic Life Support on behalf of the recent guidelines of ERC and AHA 2010.
  • Specific situations: clinical cases prone to happen during Dental Care
    • Alarm Signs
    • Early actions
    • Acting to save lives
  • Reanimation kit in the office/out-of-the-hospital context
  • Automated External Defibrillator: to have or not to have, that’s the question!