Atuação do enfermeiro no atendimento pré-hospitalar de emergência

Abstract

The aim was to describe the role of nurses in pre-hospital care. This is an integrative literature review, carried out through a survey of works on the subject, including: articles, books, manuals, laws and ordinances, theses, and dissertations from the last 13 years. The works were read in full, and after textual analysis, four categories emerged, according to their characteristics and contents: history of pre-hospital care, legal aspects, nurses' role in PHC, PHC teaching in nursing. It was possible to notice that, even though PHC is an area still under development in Brazil, nurses are present and active. It is important to emphasize that emergency nursing, in the country and in the world, needs to be permanently discussed, as the performance of some procedures by nurses faces legal obstacles.