Transportation of critical patients: the nurse's view

Abstract

The objective of this study is to describe the nurse's opinion on the critical transport of patients. This is an integrative review, in which they were consulted with the Virtual Health Library (VHL) accessing the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Medical Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF), totaling 11 articles. For guaranteed transport to happen, good planning, qualified equipment and, when necessary, the use of reliable equipment are essential to send a patient to transport. In this study it was clear that due to the variety of the area of ​​interventions and factors that intervene and, in some cases, limit the interventions, the transport of the critical patient is a complicated circumstance that involves prominent aspects, especially with regard to the performance of professionals. During your process, it is observed that it is necessary to create improvement actions for the safe transportation of all critically ill patients, standardizing actions and processes through protocols so that all professionals follow the same line of care.