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Foundation: Having a triage system is essential for emergency systems, given the high demand for assistance and the need to offer quality medical care. Objective: to describe the system of triage developed at the Cienfuegos Province between 1988 and 2016.Methods: research in systems and health services, mixed in methods and techniques, which included the 24 emergency services of the territory. Indicators in the records of the health institutions were included and the results of other research conducted during the period, which also measured them. Results: atriage system was designed with three coding levels (red, yellow and green) according to vital risk. The red code was similar for the entire healthcare network. Main indicators: average time of arrival-triage 2.5 minutes; duration of the triage Conclusion: The triage system in Cienfuegos is structured, is useful and has been effective mainly for the most serious adult patients.

Fundamento: Las emergencias médicas clínicas constituyen un problema de salud a nivel mundial; una de las soluciones para reducir su letalidad es que los profesionales de este campo puedan disponer de los conocimientos básicos y avanzados en su diagnóstico precoz y atención. El proyecto para la formación e investigación en apoyo vital en emergencias y desastres puede ser un marco académico para lograrlo.Objetivo: actualizar para el proyecto, las guías y estrategia docente para la enseñanza del apoyo vital avanzado a las emergencias clínicas.Método: se desarrolló un Taller nacional con 14 expertos, que sesionó los días 10 y 11 de julio del 2018 en Cienfuegos. Se aplicó la técnica de tormenta de ideas y la de grupo nominal, así como el cuestionario semiestructurado y la revisión documental previa.Desarrollo: fueron propuestos, para la enseñanza del apoyo vital avanzado a la emergencia clínica, los objetivos, aspectos didácticos, estrategia docente, contenidos, alcance, habilidades a desarrollar, futuras investigaciones y áreas para la colaboración interinstitucional. Se definió la estructura de un curso prototipo para la enseñanza del tema y las principales consideraciones para su ejecución. Conclusión: las propuestas académicas para el curso Apoyo vital avanzado a la emergencia clínica, permiten el mejor abordaje de la enseñanza del apoyo vital avanzado a las diferentes emergencias clínicas, por profesionales de la salud que se dedican a la atención de pacientes con estas enfermedades.

Foundation: Medical clinical emergencies constitute a Health problem worldwide; one of the solutions for reducing its lethality is that professionals of this field know the basics and advanced elements for its early diagnosis and care. The project for training and research in life support in emergencies and disasters may be an academic framework to achieve it.Objective: to update for the Project, the guidelines and teaching strategies for training advanced life support to clinical emergencies.Method: a workshop was developed with 14 experts, which was hold during the days 10th and 11th 2018 in Cienfuegos. The techniques of brain storming and nominal group were applied, so as the semi structured questionnaire.Development: the objectives, teaching aspects, contents, scope, skills to be developed, future research and areas of institutional collaboration were proposed. It was defined the structure for a model course for teaching the topic and the main elements for its execution.Conclusion: academic proposals for the course advanced life support allow a better approach for teaching advanced life support to different clinical emergencies, for health professionals who are in charge of caring to patients with these diseases.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hypovolemic Shock. It has been defined as the persistence of tissue hypoperfusion, usually associated to blood hypotension as the result of body fluids loss. This document includes a description of the concept and different stages of the disease, aetiological classification and comments about the main elements related with diagnosis and treatment, stressing volemic restoration. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation. It is the group of procedures that should be accomplished to restore circulation and ventilation in a patient with cardiac arrest, including actions to reintegrate upper neurological functions after restoring cardiac function. This document includes a review of concepts, aetiology and updates the main clinical aspects related with diagnosis and treatment aimed at the post-resuscitation syndrome. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.