The preparation of primary health care nursing professionals for urgent and emergency situations

Abstract

Introduction: The National Emergency Care Policy establishes that all levels of care are responsible for meeting these demands, with the basic unit being a fixed pre- hospital component of the urgent and emergency care network. Objective: To analyze the preparation of nursing professionals for the care of urgencies and emergencies in the context of primary health care. Methodology: This is a review integrative with a qualitative approach, elaborated with the search for scientific articles through the LILACS, BDENF, CAPES periodicals, SCIELO, Coleciona SUS and MEDLINE databases. A total of 145 articles were found, 14 of which were selected according to the inclusion criteria: articles in Portuguese, from the year 2016 to 2021, articles in full and within the proposed theme. Exclusion criteria: articles in another language, articles that were not presented in full, articles outside the established period, articles in disagreement with the theme, duplicate articles. Result: The results were systematized in the following topics: “Emergency situations experienced in primary care” and “Nursing care in urgent and emergency situations in PHC”. Discussion: The discussion of the present study showed that primary health care professionals are not well prepared to deal with emergency situations, which may occasionally occur. It demonstrates a deficit in infrastructure, training, and appropriation of these demands, promoting first care and correct referral, if necessary. Conclusion: It was found that the adoption of continuing education and the preparation of the entire team of a basic health unit, to meet emergency situations it can greatly improve the rate of damage caused by them and thus the health care network will work in a more organized and resolute way.