Perfil epidemiológico do atendimento das ocorrências realizadas pelo serviço de atendimento móvel e urgência (SAMU) na cidade de São José de Piranhas-PB.

Abstract

The Mobile Service Emergency (EMS) was created by the Ministry of Health, through the ordinance n ° 1.864/GM of September 29, 2003 , is a strategy to formulate a health policy directed the ER . This study aimed to identify the profile of the events held by Epidemiological Service Mobile Emergency Care in the city of São José de Piranhas - PB in the period January to December 2012, and to characterize and determine the number of attendances . It was exploratory, descriptive, documentary, held in that city. Data were collected from the registration forms for the year 2012 which were duly completed and signed by the team that performs the service. During that time we made 764 calls for service. There was a predominance of males with 52 % of the records of occurrences and age was the most attended of individuals over 61 years with 33 % of the cases, as the location of the predominance of residential care had 52%. The clinical events were more common in the so called , although it has also been a large number of injuries due to external causes as exogenous poisoning and traffic accidents mostly involving motorcycles . Finally , it was noted the importance of the existence of the Office of Mobile Emergency Care as a way of promoting the integral health of the population , increasing the likelihood of better patient support potentially serious , and therefore the possibility of survival of these individuals.