[Does reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation exist among emergency healthcare providers as first responders?].

Background: Only 30% of survivors from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest receive basic life support (BLS) before the arrival of emergency personnel. This is also due to reluctance to perform BLS, especially mouth-to-mouth ventilation without barrier devices in victims who are unknown to the rescuer (either layperson or healthcare provider).

Methods: To evaluate the incidence of reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation without barrier devices and its consequences in a simulated BLS scenario proposed by a questionnaire to healthcare providers of critical area in a public general hospital.

[Compromised function of the masticatory apparatus in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].

A clinical and epidemiological study was conducted on a sample of 30 J.R.A.