Perfil dos usuários atendidos por um serviço préhospitalar móvel de urgência no nordeste brasileiro / Profile of users attended by an emergency mobile pre-hospital service in northeastern Brazil

Abstract

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.

Trajectory of the Victims of Overland Transport Accidents: From Prehospital to Hospital Care

“…In this study, the time of service in the prehospital care was higher for the GTA occurring in the rural area (Soares et al, 2018), justifying such a significant association, since the base of the services that provide prehospital care of the analyzed region is located in the urban zone. In addition, the rural area has different characteristics in relation to the victim's exposure to the event, being conducive to risk behavior by the driver, such as not using protective equipment, driving without a national driver's license, use of alcoholic beverages, and insufficient traffic control in those localities (Denti et al, 2017;Tinoco et al, 2016).…”

“…In Brazil, prehospital care, within the scope of the Sistema Único de Saúde, is carried out by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (MECS) and rescue services such as rescue of the Fire Department (FD) being in Pernambuco the Military Fire Department of Pernambuco (MFDP). Such services are activated and provide relief to victims who have suffered health problems or situations with imminent death risk (Soares et al., 2018). MECS is the reference service in advanced event support, serving 75% of the Brazilian population (Mendonça et al., 2017).…”

Work weaknesses and potentials: perception of mobile emergency service nurses

“…quality of care provided. A quick and effective first approach improves the likelihood of a good patient prognosis and this only occurs if there is continuing education (47)(48) . It also updates the worker about new evidence and established practices and, concomitantly, promotes safety in the performance of their daily activities (42) .…”

Communication between pre-hospital and intra-hospital emergency medical services: literature review

“…2048, of November 25, 2002, which provided a solid basis for the organization of these services (8) . In 2003, the National Emergency Care Policy was created, culminating in the establishment of the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) (9) , where basic life support units are composed of at least one driver and a nursing technician; and advanced life support units are minimally composed of a doctor and a nurse, in addition to the driver (10) .…”