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Profile of the handles of a mobile service of urgency and emergency of a federal university
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Keywords

Emergency
Emergency relief
Health profile
Universities
Emergency medical services

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Profile of the handles of a mobile service of urgency and emergency of a federal university. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 12(11), e4655. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e4655.2020

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Abstract

Objective: To characterize the profile of the visits of a mobile service of urgency and emergency of a Federal University of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Methods: A quantitative study, descriptive, retrospective study, which used secondary data, collected from answer sheets in the period from May 2017 to April 2018. The data were entered in a spreadsheet in Excel and analyzed by means of the software Statistica 13.3. Results: The assisted population was predominantly female students (63.09%) with ages between 21 and 30 years (37.30%). The handles had as a major cause of the clinical situations and traumatic. Considerable portion of users (91.91%) received care in loco and was released. Conclusion: It is noted a predominance of students aged 21 to 30 years, because of the study to be a service that is tied to a university. The outcome was varied and is associated with the severity of each case. When the person answered showed no serious signs and symptoms or were managed in loco, occurring the release without the need for referral to another health servisse. Thus, the deployment of an outpatient health service, in addition to the mobile service, would result in improved care for the university population.

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