Objetivo: Caracterizar as condições sociodemográficas e de saúde dos usuários atendidos pelo Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência do Rio Grande do Norte (SAMU 192 RN). Método: Pesquisa exploratório-descritiva, com abordagem quantitativa, realizada em um hospital de referência. Resultados: A amostra foi composta por 384 usuários atendidos pelo SAMU 192 RN, entre janeiro e junho de 2016. Destacou-se o sexo masculino (64,6%), com idade entre 36 a 67 anos (34,1%); ocorrências traumáticas (58,3%), principalmente dos acidentes de trânsito (33,59%), em destaque as colisões (28,9%), e afecções neurológicas (21,1%) alcançaram o maior número das ocorrências clínicas. Conclusão: O perfil dos usuários atendidos pelo SAMU 192 RN, demonstrou o predomínio das ocorrências traumáticas, de acidentes de trânsito, com usuários do sexo masculino, entre a faixa etária de 36 anos e igual ou maior a 67 anos. Descritores: Assistência Pré-Hospitalar, emergência, perfil de saúde.
Introduction: Burned patient care needs the involvement of a multidisciplinary team, and nursing is a key role in this care since it is the professional category in constant contact with the patient and his family. However, nursing faces challenges on the care for burned victims and their constant exposure to suffering and pain. Objective: To identify the challenges of the nursing staff in the care of burned patients according to scientific literature. Method: This is a literature research, conducted between April and May/2016 in the Latin American databases and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), the Nursing Database (BDENF) and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System online (MEDLINE), available on the Virtual Health Library (VHL), and Google Scholar, using the keywords: "Nursing" and "Burn Units" with Boolean operator AND. The keywords crossing resulted in 282 scientific publications, of which 14 articles were selected addressing the topic, through the inclusion criteria: full-text availability, published between 2011 to May/2016, in Portuguese and English. The articles in duplicate (published in more than one selected database) were excluded.
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