Atendimento de usuários com casos agudos na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the conduct adopted by professional primary health care as the service users with acute cases. This is a case study of a qualitative nature, conducted in a Primary Health North Health District, in Belo Horizonte. The data were collected through observation, totaling 119 hours and 30 minutes of observation and semi-structured interviews with 17 health professionals you to deal directly with the care of acute cases that came to the unit, including nurses, medical assistants and technicians nursing. The collected data were subjected to content analysis, opting for thematic analysis. The data were organized into three themes, namely: What is user case with acute and urgent care or emergency healthcare professionals of Primary? The organization of the service user with an acute case, and user flow with acute case the network of health services: the dynamics of referrals. In the first category the data showed that the unit staff have difficulties in defining the terms, especially if acute and urgent. The term emergence was more easily defined probably represent the limit of the severity of cases. This category showed the necessity of adopting a protocol that universalize such concepts, either for primary care professionals to health, or to other levels of care. In the second category, it became clear that the organization of care is focused on the user's access to the unit with an acute case, a loss of spontaneous demand. However, especially when there is a lack of medical professionals on staff, the service time is long, which contributes negatively to the accessibility and linking the user to the home team. In the third category, the data show that referrals when they are made to the Emergency Unit North are quiet for health professionals, which is a reference, but when you need referral to other units, this is more difficult and bureaucratic. It also showed the need to carry out counter-users, which rarely occurs, even when the unit is reference. We conclude that there is a great need to reorient the care of patients with acute cases with universal concepts, use of protocols and professional training. In addition, care must be reordered seeking speed and resolution, even when there is a lack of an experienced team, which contributes to increased quality of care and linking user. It is important that the network really work and processes are unbureaucratic, because when there is need for a transfer, the speed can be crucial in the prognosis of the user