Performance of nurses in mobile prehospital care

Abstract

Brazil, assistance to the emergency services provided ensures early care for users of the Unified Health System (SUS) and safe transportation to points of care in the hierarchical network.In this service, the nurse plays an important role and has an active participation when collaborating for quality care, preventing complications, assessing potential risks and leading to safe care. Objective: dwrite the actions of the emergency nurse and work in advanced health support in the mobile PHC, through a review of the national scientific literature. Method: This is an integrative review with a qualitative approach that aims to identify and characterize the aspects addressed in studies that are related to the role of nurses in mobile pre-hospital care. Results and discussion: In view of the analysis of the production of these seven selected articles that address the role of nurses in mobile PHC, as shown in the table below, it resulted in four categories: role of nurses in advanced life support (VAS), training of professionals, development of health protocols attendance, management and supervision of activities, discussed below. Of the seven articles contained in the sample, 100% of them address the role of nurses in VAS; performance of the protocols that was mentioned in only 1 of the articles (14.28%); 1 (14.28%) addressed the theme in which the sample is made refer to professional training andonly 2 (28.57%) address the topic of management and supervision of activities. Conclusion: It is expected that the present study will contribute to new research, leading to a reflection on the importance of nurses in pre-hospital care services (PHC), valuing health professionals and thus guaranteeing patient safety and qualityofcareprovided in healthservices.