Nursing interventions for the prevention of accidental extubation

Abstract

The objective was to analyze results of the incidence of accidental extubation associated with nursing care. METHOD: Retrospective observational study, the intervention ahead, measured before and after the deployment of a guide extubations accidental The population of 142 patients, 72 patients in the retrospective phase and 70 in phase ahead, totaling 3771 days of ventilation. Data collected from prontuários. RESULTS: 52.78% used tracheal tube and 62% were between 71 and 90 years with an average of days of ventilation of 26.5 days,. There were six (3.27) extubations before and two (1.03) after the deployment of guia. CONCLUSION, there was a decrease in the incidence of accidental extubation in the period studied, but one can not attribute this difference to the guide because other studies are needed.