Cuidados a pacientes com infarto do miocárdio na rede de atenção a urgências e emergências

Abstract

To identify the clinical and social characteristics; the patient's itinerary with AMI and evaluate the health care offered in Attention Emergency Emergency scenarios in a municipality of the Border West of Rio Grande do Sul. Methods: Qualitative approach, exploratory and descriptive, and quantitative, with frequency distribution. They participated in patients who have had myocardial infarction, and submitted to clinical and / or surgical treatment, through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis support software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0. Results: social and clinical characteristics of the infarcted patients were identified; patient itinerary with AMI in the healthcare network for emergency care; and evaluation of care in the Emergency Care Emergency scenarios. Conclusions: The scenarios that make up the attention networks for emergency care must have trained professionals to meet and systematization of care for patients with AMI.