Clinical problem sassisted by the mobile urgency care service
International Journal of Development Research
Clinical problem sassisted by the mobile urgency care service
Received 19th December, 2019; Received in revised form 06th January, 2020; Accepted 03rd February, 2020; Published online 31st March, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Thiago Vinícius de Araújo Costa 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.
Objective: To describe the clinical problems assistedby the Mobile Emergency Care Service. Methods: Study conducted at the Urgencyand Emergency Medical Regulation Center of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, in October and November 2018. A total of 340 occurrences were identified andgenerated asample of 297 consultations. Results: There were general (220), psychiatric (33), pediatric (32) and obstetric (12) problems. In the general category, neurological causes (45) in the elderly (124) were prevalent; in the psychiatric category, aggressiveness and agitation (11) prevailed; in the pediatric, digestive causes (11) prevailed; and in the obstetric, uterine contractions (3) and clients aged 11 to 20 years (5) prevailed. More than halfof the cases of assistance, 236 (79.5%), occurred at homes and the prevailing type of ambulance was the basic life support ambulance, 248 (83.5%). In the outcome of the victims, the prevailing destination was the hospital 244 (82.2%). In psychiatric cases,there was incomplete filling of forms. Conclusion: The findings contribute to areflection aboutcare in critical health situations.
