Abstract
Objective: Observe the performance of the physiotherapist in the hospital environment when assisting patients affected by COVID-19, in a reference hospital in the interior of the Legal Amazon. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory research with a quantitative approach. The data were collected through an online questionnaire, with the participation of physiotherapy professionals, the collection consisted of a period of one month in a public hospital in the interior of Rondônia. Results: It was possible to verify the presence of young professionals, with a predominance of work in an intensive care unit with a workload of 24 hours / day. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the hiring of emergency professionals was observed. The physiotherapists at this institution, 96.7% reported that they received training in the management of patients infected with SAR-CoV-2 and 33.3% of these professionals have already suffered infection with this virus. Conclusion: The physiotherapist has been active in conducting invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, handling oxygen therapy and the prone position, performing exercises with an emphasis on optimizing and recovering motor and respiratory function, assisting in routine intensive care procedures such as orotracheal intubation, extubation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.