TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Trauma in elderly people: access to the health system through pre-hospital care
JO  - Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
A1  - Silva, Hilderjane Carla da
A1  - Pessoa, Renata de Lima
A1  - Menezes, Rejane Maria Paiva de
SP  - e2690
EP  - e2690
VL  - 24
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of trauma in elderly people and how they accessed the health system through pre-hospital care. <br><br>METHOD: documentary and retrospective study at a mobile emergency care service, using a sample of 400 elderly trauma victims selected through systematic random sampling. A form validated by experts was used to collect the data. Descriptive statistical analysis was applied. The chi-square test was used to analyze the association between the variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Trauma was predominant among women (52.25%) and in the age range between 60 and 69 years (38.25%), average age 74.19 years (standard deviation±10.25). Among the mechanisms, falls (56.75%) and traffic accidents (31.25%) stood out, showing a significant relation with the pre-hospital care services (p<0.001). Circulation, airway opening, cervical control and immobilization actions were the most frequent and Basic Life Support Services (87.8%) were the most used, with trauma referral hospitals as the main destination (56.7%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: trauma prevailed among women, victims of falls, who received pre-hospital care through basic life support services and actions and were transported to the trauma referral hospital. It is important to reorganize pre-hospital care, avoiding overcrowded hospitals and delivering better care to elderly trauma victims.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0104-1169
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.0959.2690
ID  - ref1
ER  -