Immediate life support to critical patients: Nursing care contributions
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https://doi.org/10.12707/RVI23.104.32703Keywords:
nurses, prehospital care, nursing care, critical care nursingAbstract
Background: Immediate life support (ILS) ambulances allow nurses to intervene in pre-hospital settings, supported by their technical-scientific knowledge and complex protocols of action and regulation through telemedicine.
Objective: To analyze the contributions of nursing interventions in the evolution of the clinical state of critical patients.
Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive-correlational, retrospective, and observational study conducted in ILS settings in northern Portugal. A total of 574 electronic clinical records were analyzed between 1 November and 31 December 2019, corresponding to the same number of people evaluated.
The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) was used to assess the clinical evolution of critical patients.
Results: There was a positive evolution of the NEWS score of critical patients after the intervention of ILS nurses (M = 4.43 ± 3.901 vs. 3.34 ± 3.329; sig < 0.001). Similarly, the clinical risk of critical patients decreased after the nurse’s intervention.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated the importance of nurses in prehospital care, as a guarantee of safety, quality, and continuous improvement of care for critical patients.
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