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Volume 3
Journal of Nursing Research and Practice
Nursing & Pediatrics 2019
February 25-26, 2019
February 25-26, 2019 | London, UK
5
th
World Congress on
Neonatology and Pediatrics
World Congress on
Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice
&
New technique to overcome vasovagal syncope
Shahd Alyousef
Almaarefa University, Saudi Arabia
Introduction:
Vasovagal syncope VVS is common in clinical practice and referred to as neurocardiogenic syncope. Initially, there
are tachycardia with normal blood pressure followed by bradycardia which leads to decrease blood flow to the brain and brief lose
consciousness. VVS mostly proceeded by sight of blood.
Methods and results:
A 20-year-old female dental student was completely healthy and asymptomatic till the age of 17 years when
she developed 3 episodes of vasovagal fainting for 1 minutes each, following blood sight. So just before patient start her clinical
practice in dentistry, she was trained on venipuncture Pad simulator several time per day for 3 days without any problem. One month
later, patient start her clinical training at dentistry college (4
th
year) and she was able to inject anesthesia to patients without any
complication also she received her 3
rd
dose of hepatitis vaccine and she was totally asymptomatic.
Discussion:
Avoiding the trigger is the best treatment typical vasovagal syncope. But this is not feasible in our patient as she is
dentistry student. Medical therapy and tension physical maneuvers which showed its effectiveness on certain patients, didn’t work
with our patient. The advantage of venipuncture pads is you can fix it on real patient arm, it has the real feeling of blood vessels
also the back flow of the blood like color during aspiration with the needle and syringe simulated exactly real patient plus it is easy
to perform, safe, fun and inexpensive. Our patient got benefit from training on venipuncture Pad and she was able to overcome
vasovagal syncope due to blood phobia.
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