Perfil do atendimento pré-hospitalar dos pacientes pediátricos no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the profile of emergency outpatient care of pediatric patients in Rio Grande do Sul. METHOD: Cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted with data from emergency outpatient care throughout the state of Rio Grande do Sul conducted by the Emergency Medical Service (SAMU) from January 2013 to December 2018. RESULTS: Data from 77,380 visits in the period were analyzed: 70% were conscious, 85.1% were admited to hospital, 49.9% were of traumatic causes, 28.1% psychiatric cases, 16.5% obstetric cases, 2.3% were cases of up to medium severity, in 2.3% the outcomes was death, most ofthem male. The Regional Health Coordination with the highest attendance rate were Porto Alegre 1 (25.4%), Porto Alegre 2 (15.9%), Passo Fundo (12.6%) and Ijuí (10.3%). Males accounted for 61.8% of the consultations, 37.3% were clinical cases and 12.6% were trauma. The prevalent age group was that of the adolescents with 70.1% of the consultations, 41.1% male. The response time to the call had an average of 26.8 minutes (± 22 minutes). CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated the importance of SAMU 192 in the public health system due to the high number of visits, the association of occurrences with age and sex throughout the state of Rio Grande do Sul. On the other hand, it was also evident the need for improvement in the process of completion of some information by professionals.