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(1) Background: Vaccination is the most effective intervention to control seasonal influenza morbidity and mortality. The present study aimed to determine the influenza vaccination coverage in the Military Health Corps personnel in the 2020−2021 season, as well as the time trend and the possible influence of the pandemic on coverage, in order to study the reasons that led to the non-vaccination of health professionals and to analyze adverse drug reactions (ADRs). (2) Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted from February to May 2021. All FAS CMS personnel were included. A self-administered questionnaire was sent by e-mail to the selected personnel. (3) Results: Vaccination coverage in the 2016−2017 season was 15.8% (n = 276), in the 2019−2020 season it was 17.41% (n = 424), and in the 2020−2021 season it was 24.22% (n = 590). The percentage of vaccinated men was higher than the percentage of women. In 2019 and 2020 the most vaccinated group was 31−40 years old. Lieutenants had the highest vaccination uptake in 2019 and 2020. The personnel with the highest uptake of vaccines were those in the specialty of nursing in each of 2016, 2019 and 2020, with >30 years of time worked in 2016. In terms of factors leading to refusal of vaccination, the most reported was "not considered a risk group" (23.0%), and the least reported was "avoidance of vaccine administration" (2.2%). Eighty individuals presented adverse reactions after vaccine administration (9.6%). (4) Conclusions: The rate of influenza vaccination among healthcare professionals was lower during the 2020 season compared to the previous season, but was expected to increase in the upcoming 2021 season.
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en: Recent terrorist attacks involving active shooters or improvised explosive devices have shown that traditionally sequenced emergency management leads to delays in attending victims and suboptimal outcomes. Tactical medicine, a new concept in prehospital care, emerged from experience attending the wounded in combat zones, where the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) recommendations are applied. TCCC targets 3 main causes of preventable death in combat: bleeding from extremities, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. A change in the delivery of emergency care during terrorist attacks is now required if we are to improve survival rates. To that end, strategies based on the TCCC and Hartford Consensus recommendations have been developed. Both these approaches describe procedures for both first responders and medical professionals to apply in areas under threat.
ES: Los recientes incidentes con atentados terroristas con tiradores activos o artefactos explosivos improvisados han demostrado que la atención secuencial tradicional produce retrasos en la atención a las víctimas, con resultados no totalmente satisfactorios. La medicina táctica es una nueva herramienta para aplicar en la atención prehospitalaria, que surge de la experiencia en el cuidado a los heridos en zona de combate, aplicando las recomendaciones del Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). Mediante estas directrices, se trata de disminuir las tres principales causas de muerte prevenible en combate: hemorragia en extremidades, neumotórax a tensión y obstrucción de vía aérea. Para mejorar los índices de supervivencia en incidentes terroristas, es necesario cambiar la forma de atención de los servicios de emergencia. A partir de la experiencia obtenida con el TCCC, el Consenso Hartford y el Comité Táctical Emergency Casualty Care han desarrollado estrategias para mejorar la supervivencia. Ambos desarrollan recomendaciones sobre procedimientos de atención sanitaria dirigidos a primeros intervinientes y a profesionales para su aplicación en entorno hostil.
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Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/métodos , Medicina Militar/métodos , Terrorismo , Conferencias de Consenso como Asunto , Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/normas , Adhesión a Directriz , Humanos , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Los recientes incidentes con atentados terroristas con tiradores activos o artefactos explosivos improvisados han demostrado que la atención secuencial tradicional produce retrasos en la atención a las víctimas, con resultados no totalmente satisfactorios. La medicina táctica es una nueva herramienta para aplicar en la atención prehospitalaria, que surge de la experiencia en el cuidado a los heridos en zona de combate, aplicando las recomendaciones del Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). Mediante estas directrices, se trata de disminuir las tres principales causas de muerte prevenible en combate: hemorragia en extremidades, neumotorax a tensión y obstrucción de vía aérea. Para mejorar los índices de supervivencia en incidentes terroristas, es necesario cambiar la forma de atención de los servicios de emergencia. A partir de la experiencia obtenida con el TCCC, el Consenso Hartford y el Comite Tactical Emergency Casualty Care han desarrollado estrategias para mejorar la supervivencia. Ambos desarrollan recomendaciones sobre procedimientos de atención sanitaria dirigidos a primeros intervinientes y a profesionales para su aplicación en entorno hostil (AU)
Recent terrorist attacks involving active shooters or improvised explosive devices have shown that traditionally sequenced emergency management leads to delays in attending victims and suboptimal outcomes. Tactical medicine, a new concept in prehospital care, emerged from experience attending the wounded in combat zones, where the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) recommendations are applied. TCCC targets 3 main causes of preventable death in combat: bleeding from extremities, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. A change in the delivery of emergency care during terrorist attacks is now required if we are to improve survival rates. To that end, strategies based on the TCCC and Hartford Consensus recommendations have been developed. Both these approaches describe procedures for both first responders and medical professionals to apply in areas under threat (AU)
