Topics of pre-hospital care for schoolchildren: The perspective of professionals of the mobile emergency care service (samu)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate from the perspective of professional SAMU, the main themes of pre-hospital care (PHC), as subsidies for development of an educational tool focused on the school population. A qualitative study, four meetings in the focus group format, with 19 professional SAMU, in a municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Data were categorized and analyzed with thematic analysis. The results highlighted the main issues or health problems of urgent and emergency tool for modeling and possible application in the context of the School Health Program. It was concluded that the selected topics are critical in the context of the APH, the potential severity and the possibility they involve children, even within the school environment.