Nurses' responsibilities in the aerospace environment.

Shara Bianca De Pin Raduenz,Daniele Dalcanal Lazzari,Keyla Cristiane do Nascimento,José Luís Guedes dos Santos,André Ricardo Moreira,Eliane Regina Pereira do Nascimento

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0777

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0777

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to characterize the nurses who work in the aerospace environment and to identify their most frequent responsibilities during the pre-flight, flight, and post-flight periods. a quantitative, exploratory-descriptive research, conducted using a survey through Google forms®, from January to April of 2018, with 50 nurses from aerospace services in Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. predominance of male participants (64%), mean age of 37 years, with a mean working time in the aerospace environment of six years, in helicopter (54%), and in the southern region (42%). The main pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities were, respectively: verification/testing of equipment functionality, nursing care for patients, and replacement of supplies and equipment. In the aerospace environment, nurses' work are primarily organizational and victim care actions, during all phases of the flight.

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METHODSNursing is a profession in constant transformation, which has its history marked by its integration into new locations of action and care scenarios
The mean time of experience as a nurse was 10 years, with a mean of six years working in the aerospace environment
Most of them worked in the southern region of Brazil (42%), in services linked to public institutions (68%), and in rotary wing aircraft (54%)

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METHODSNursing is a profession in constant transformation, which has its history marked by its integration into new locations of action and care scenarios. The medical transport aircraft service is part of the mobile pre-hospital component of the emergency care services network, provided by the National Emergency Care Policy, in Brazil, in 2003. The medical transport aircraft is classified as a “Type E” ambulance, which can be a rotary-wing aircraft, which is used for both inter-hospital and rescue operations, or a fixed wing aircraft, which performs the first type of operation cited. Both must be equipped with medical equipment approved by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC)(4)

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