Knowledge Level of Adolescent Red Cross Students in First Aid for Syncope Handling

Abstract

Syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness consequence hypoperfusion cerebral global transient characterized with onset fast, duration which short and recovery spontaneous. Lost consciousness due to decreased blood flow to system Activation reticular and no need therapy electricity or chemistry for back to normal . The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of Adolescent Red Cross (PMR) students in first aid for handling syncope at SMA Negeri 1 Telaga Biru . This study uses a quantitative descriptive research method with a sample of 20 respondents obtained by using consecutive sampling technique. The results showed that 16 respondents lacked knowledge and 4 respondents had good knowledge. It can be concluded that this shows that the level of knowledge of Adolescent Red Cross (PMR) students in first aid for handling syncope is still in the poor category.

Melatonin Involvement in Syncope Associated with Sleep Disturbance: A Case Report

“…Considering the increase in melatonin concentration observed (Table 1), it was suggested that the syncope induced by sleep disturbance could be linked to serum melatonin level. Furthermore serum melatonin concentrations were performed 24hours and 48hours (daytime and peak night) post syncope phenomenon to compare the various melatonin levels with reference values (Table 2) as well as ascertain the involvement of serum melatonin Although the subject did not notice any warning signs before fainting as a result of sleep obstruction and no medical history was documented prior to this time; basic first aid as was described by [8,9] was the intervention measure employed.…”