Nursing care to polytraumatized patients in urgency and emergency services
International Journal of Development Research
Nursing care to polytraumatized patients in urgency and emergency services
Received 13th April, 2021; Received in revised form 21st May, 2021; Accepted 09th June, 2021; Published online 28th July, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Josilene Pinheiro dos Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Introduction: Currently the number of polytraumatized patients has been increasing along the years and for the effective and quality assistance, the professionals must be qualified to provide effective assistance. Objective: Analyze the nursing assistance actions to polytrauma patients in urgency and emergency services. Methodology: The present study is an integrative literature review. It was conducted in the months of September to December 2020 in the online database LILACS and the BVS Library and SciELO. Result: The actions performed by nurses in the care of polytrauma patients are essential for patient prognosis, and the primary and secondary assessments supported by the ABCDE of trauma are the procedures most performed by nursing. Conclusion: The study was extremely relevant for allowing the analysis of nursing care to polytraumatized patients seen in urgency and emergency services. It was verified that the care related to the ABCDE of trauma and primary and secondary assessments were paramount to nursing care in the intra-hospital environment.
