PRE-HOSPITAL NURSING IN BASIC LIFE SUPPORT: ETHICAL AND LEGAL POSTULATES OF THE PROFESSION

Authors

  • Antônio César Ribeiro Univeridade Federal de Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.42118

Keywords:

Nursing, Nursing legislation, Emergency medical services.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to discuss how nursing work is organized in pre-hospital care, considering the characterization of incidents assisted by a Basic Support Unit, observing the legislation that regulates this category’s professional practice in Brazil. A descriptive, retrospective study conducted with the Emergency Mobile Care Service in Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso. Data were gathered from the records of incidents from the first quarter of 2013. A total of 926 incidents were analyzed, and showed that injuries and nursing care are mostly of a complex nature, demanding technical and legal competencies for decision making, which takes us back to the necessary presence of a nurse. Thus, the model of organization of pre-hospital care, standardized by the Ministry of Health, is against the Brazilian nursing’s legislation and workers who are technically responsible for nursing work or whose practice in nursing infringe upon the ethical and legal postulates of the profession.

Author Biography

Antônio César Ribeiro, Univeridade Federal de Mato Grosso

Enfermeiro,  Doutor em Ciências, Professor Adjunto III da Faculdade de Enfermagem / UFMT (Área de Administração em Enfermagem); Professor colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Enfermagem/UFMT; Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa TRIPALIUM - Estrutura, Organização e Gestão do Trabalho em Enfermagem.

Enfermeiro da Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso, lotado no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência - SAMU Cuiabá - MT.

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Ribeiro, A. C. (2016). PRE-HOSPITAL NURSING IN BASIC LIFE SUPPORT: ETHICAL AND LEGAL POSTULATES OF THE PROFESSION. Cogitare Enfermagem, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i1.42118

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2016)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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