Traumatismo cranioencefálico na infância: causas e perfil das vítimas atendidas pelo serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência.

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is considered an important cause of death, physical and mental disability and as a neurological disease with a significant impact on the quality of life of children and adolescents. Care and care for victims of this type of trauma is a challenge for health professionals, especially professionals working in the Emergency Mobile Care Service. Objective: to analyze the main causes and the socio-demographic profile of children with traumatic brain injury assisted by the Mobile Emergency Care Service of the municipalities of Picuí and Cuité, Paraíba. Methodological Path: This is a documentary research with a quantitative approach that was based on the Emergency Mobile Service Units of the municipality of Picuí and Cuité-PB, conducted between March and May 2018. The study covered all the of children between 0 and 12 years of age, of both sexes who had been diagnosed, or were diagnosed with Trauma in the period from 2012 to 2017, the information obtained in the charts was analyzed by the statistical package SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Results: In the majority of the files evaluated, the children attended with traumatic brain injury were pre-school children and schoolchildren, who lived in the urban area; the main cause of the trauma was the fall. In addition, the most frequent lesions were bruises and bruises, and the most cited procedures were oxygen therapy and puncture of peripheral venous access. There was also a high percentage of incomplete information on care records, higher averages in the Glasgow Coma Scale and Trauma Scale in the municipality of Cuité, as well as reduction of cases in both cities in the last 5 years. Final Considerations: The fall was the main cause of childhood traumatic brain injury in the municipalities of Cuité and Picuí, with mainly pre-school and schoolchildren, male residents of the urban area. It is important to understand that there are still many weaknesses in relation to care and prevention of new occurrences and many interventions are needed to bring about positive changes in epidemiological settings.