Abstract
Objective: To analyze how the scientific publication is found on initiatives that promote greater safety for patients seen in urgent and pre-hospital emergency services. Methods: This is an integrative review of the literature, with searches performed in the Virtual Health Library. The descriptors used were “patient safety”, “emergency nursing” and “Adverse Events”, using the Boolean connective “and” to perform the crossing of keywords, articles published in the period from 2012 to 2018 and complete works. Results: Since the late 1990s, a phenomenon called adverse events (AEs) has been studied, which is responsible for alarming health rates in the countries in which it was investigated. It is estimated that around 100,000 individuals die each year as a result of AEs in the United States of America (USA). As a result, the mortality rate in the USA due to adverse events is higher than others, such as AIDS, breast cancer or being run over. Final considerations: The training of professionals, through training in health education services, in addition to the standardization of protocoled routines, can be characterized as a guide to promote the alignment between routines and professional practice.