Waleska Antunes da Porciúncula Pereira

Atendimento pré-hospitalar: caracterização das ocorrências de acidente de trânsito

Objectives: to identify types of occurrence registered by a pre-hospital care unit and to characterize occurrences from traffic accidents. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was used to analyze 6,430 pre-hospital calls from July to September, 2003. Results: the occurrences were classified as trauma (35.2 %,) or traffic accidents (57.9%). Most occurrences took place in the afternoon and were common in all days of the week. The basic pre-hospital care team, consisting of a licensed practical nurse or associate degree nurse and an ambulance driver, was the team that answered most emergency calls (84.5%). A professional nurse participated in only 11.2% of the occurrences, and great part of these occurrences (4.27%) was answered by the advanced pre-hospital care team. A physician participated in only 8.3% of occurrences. Conclusion: the basic pre-hospital care team was involved in the majority of emergency calls. This suggests a need of new strategies for preventing victim’s complications and better ways to qualify pre-hospital care team members for a quality interdisciplinary

Assistência em unidades básicas de saúde às vítimas de violência na concepção de enfermeiras - DOI: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v7i2.4997

This study is aimed at analyzing the understanding of nurses about the health care provided in Basic Health Units to users who are victims of violence, underscoring the necessary tools and the difficulties for providing attention. This is an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through interviews with nurses. The technique of thematic content analysis was used. Results indicate that Basic Health Units play an important role in the attention to and prevention of violence. The strategies to face situations of violence refer to empathy, personal availability, attention, and listening to the signs and symptoms presented by the victims. Timing, personal experiences, and teamwork experiences are seen as crucial in early detection of cases. Results provide subsidies inputs for the qualification of work processes aiming at the integrality of care in the attention to victims of violence.

Pre-hospital care: characteristics of traffic accidents

Objectives: to identify types of occurrence registered by a pre-hospital care unit and to characterize occurrences from traffic accidents. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was used to analyze 6,430 pre-hospital calls from July to September, 2003. Results: the occurrences were classified as trauma (35.2 %,) or traffic accidents (57.9%). Most occurrences took place in the afternoon and were common in all days of the week. The basic pre-hospital care team, consisting of a licensed practical nurse or associate degree nurse and an ambulance driver, was the team that answered most emergency calls (84.5%). A professional nurse participated in only 11.2% of the occurrences, and great part of these occurrences (4.27%) was answered by the advanced pre-hospital care team. A physician participated in only 8.3% of occurrences. Conclusion: the basic pre-hospital care team was involved in the majority of emergency calls. This suggests a need of new strategies for preventing victim’s complications and better ways to qualify pre-hospital care team members for a quality interdisciplinary

Atención prehospitalaria: caracterización de las ocurrencias de accidentes de tránsito

Objectives: to identify types of occurrence registered by a pre-hospital care unit and to characterize occurrences from traffic accidents. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was used to analyze 6,430 pre-hospital calls from July to September, 2003. Results: the occurrences were classified as trauma (35.2 %,) or traffic accidents (57.9%). Most occurrences took place in the afternoon and were common in all days of the week. The basic pre-hospital care team, consisting of a licensed practical nurse or associate degree nurse and an ambulance driver, was the team that answered most emergency calls (84.5%). A professional nurse participated in only 11.2% of the occurrences, and great part of these occurrences (4.27%) was answered by the advanced pre-hospital care team. A physician participated in only 8.3% of occurrences. Conclusion: the basic pre-hospital care team was involved in the majority of emergency calls. This suggests a need of new strategies for preventing victim’s complications and better ways to qualify pre-hospital care team members for a quality interdisciplinary