Cuidados de enfermería en pacientes poli traumatizados en el área de traumatología en un Hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The role of the nurse is essential and essential in the initial attention to the poly trauma, where the treatment must be early (1). A study about nursing care in polytraumatized patients is carried out. Objective: To determine nursing care in trauma patients in the traumatology area. Design: Population 7 graduates in nursing and 1 nursing assistant. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Questionnaire of 15 questions. Results: 75% of the professionals present ages of 25 to 35 years up to 55. They work from 1 to 5 years 75%, 100% perform primary evaluation of the via area consisting of hyperextension of the head; 38% value the patient with apnea; 100% of the staff values the circulatory system in the airways; 62% assess the neurological system; there being minimal attention to the general conditions of the integumentary system (skin) represented by 37%; they value the neurological responses through the orders and level of consciousness between 25% and 37% and; they evaluate unconscious patients giving greater emphasis to disorderly or inappropriate speech, representing 25%. Concl usion: the nursing professionals and assistants form a team that knows the care in this type of patients, providing the general measures described conceptually.