Profile of users served in the triagem sector of a 24 hour emergency service unit
International Journal of Development Research
Profile of users served in the triagem sector of a 24 hour emergency service unit
Received 19th July, 2017; Received in revised form 04th August, 2017; Accepted 07th September, 2017; Published online 10th October, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Thâmmara Lariane Henriques Tito 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 was to draw the profile of the users served in the in the triagem sector of a 24 hour emergency service unit. Method: descriptive quantitative study with application of semi-structured form to 417 users in screening sector from January to July 2015. Results: it was evidenced: 63.1% were female, the age group 20-30 was predominant (24.9%), the night shift (34.6%) stood out in the visits and 80.6% came of Campina Grande. The main complaint of a headache 12.3%. As for the history of chronic diseases, 21.1% were hypertensive and 10.1% were diabetic. Self-medication was reported by 51.1% of the sample. According to the Manchester protocol, 80.3% of the green classification. Conclusion: knowledge of the profile of the patients contributed to the planning and execution of educational actions for users on the operation of the network of attention to urgency and emergencies in the municipality, in order to find the health services according to the severity of the care.
