Traumas pediátricos atendidos pelo serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência em um município no interior do Nordeste.

Abstract

Childhood is a phase of human life full of challenges. Traumas are frequent and represent a serious problem for the health system worldwide. In this scenario, services that contribute to increased survival, such as the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU), are relevant and offer direct and qualified assistance, minimizing damage related to inadequate care. Objective: to analyze the most frequent pediatric traumas that affect children in a city in the interior of the Northeast. Methodology: This is a documental research with a quantitative approach that took place in a decentralized SAMU base in a city in Curimataú, Paraiba. The study encompassed all the attendance records of children between 0 and 9 years old, of both genders, who were attended for any type of trauma in the period from 2018 to 2022. They were analyzed by building a spreadsheet in Excel - 2007 software, the information that was contained in this database was transferred to the statistical package SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Results: In most of the records evaluated, the preschool age group predominated, male (62.5%), the traumas that most affected the children were falls from a motorcycle (25%), followed by choking (16.7%) and falls from their own height (16.7%). In addition, the most common procedures performed were vital signs (54.5%) and peripheral venous access (22.7%), regarding the most observed injuries, abrasions, hematomas, lacerations, second-degree burns and fractures were reported in half of the assessed patients (58.3%). It was also noticed a considerable absence of data, such as the Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure (SBP and DBP) and the Trauma Scale. Conclusion: falls were the main cause of trauma in male preschool children, it is hoped that this study will bring contributions to the development of education campaigns for the population, enabling it to recognize risk situations.