Nowadays, health care humanization is a growing demand in the Brazilian context. However, in practice, it has not occurred, mainly in urgency and emergency care services. This study aimed to examine how companions perceive emergency care humanization at a public referral institution in Fortaleza-Ce/Brazil, in the second semester of 2006. Ten companions participated in data collection, at the end of each care se...
Objectives: to investigate the sociodemographic profile and the process of hospitalization of elderly assisted in an emergency hospital. Methods: descriptive epidemiological study conducted at an emergency hospital with 300 elderly patients using a form with hospitalization process and sociodemographic variables. Results: there was a predominance of females (56.0%), between 80 and 89 years old (45.4%), illitera...
Objetivos: investigar o perfil sociodemográfico e o processo de hospitalização de idosos atendidos em um hospital de emergência. Métodos: estudo epidemiológico descritivo, realizado em um hospital de emergência com 300 pacientes idosos utilizando um formulário com variáveis sociodemográficas e do processo de hospitalização. Resultados: observou-se predominância do sexo feminino (56,0%), entre 80 e 89 anos (45,4...
Objectives: to investigate the sociodemographic profile and the process of hospitalization of elderly assisted in an emergency hospital. Methods: descriptive epidemiological study conducted at an emergency hospital with 300 elderly patients using a form with hospitalization process and sociodemographic variables. Results: there was a predominance of females (56.0%), between 80 and 89 years old (45.4%), illitera...
This is a retrospective and quantitative study which was developed at a public reference hospital for emergency care to trauma victims. The goal was to look at the epidemiological characteristics of motorcycle accidents, focusing on the safety measures used by their drivers. The sample consisted of 306 trauma victims in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in 2005. The results showed that 301 were men, 138 were between 18 and...
This study had as objective to investigate the reactions felt and noticed by a patient submitted to an emergency heart surgery, whose time space between the diagnosis and the surgery accomplishment was insufficient for the preoperative routine preparation. The data were collected through an interview accomplished with the patient 30 days after his/her hospital leaving, at home. The analysis let us to contemplat...
This study aimed to get to know the incidence and to identify the trauma types and circumstances related to the event among patients attended at an ophthalmological emergency service in Ceará, Brazil. This descriptive and quantitative, study involved 845 trauma victims. Gender, age, origin, cause and trauma type were identifi ed. Data were collected through interviews and occurrence register. The male gender 66...
This is a retrospective and quantitative study which was developed at a public reference hospital for emergency care to trauma victims. The goal was to look at the epidemiological characteristics of motorcycle accidents, focusing on the safety measures used by their drivers. The sample consisted of 306 trauma victims in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in 2005. The results showed that 301 were men, 138 were between 18 and...
This study had as objective to investigate the reactions felt and noticed by a patient submitted to an emergency heart surgery, whose time space between the diagnosis and the surgery accomplishment was insufficient for the preoperative routine preparation. The data were collected through an interview accomplished with the patient 30 days after his/her hospital leaving, at home. The analysis let us to contemplat...
This study aimed to construct and validate educative technology for health promotion in people with impaired physical mobility. This methodological development study was carried out at an emergency hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The study involved three phases: construction of the manual, content validation and clinical testing. First, studies were accomplished to support the construction of the manual. Seco...