Health professional safety front to the patient in psychomotor agitation

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Geovanna Rosada
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Machado, Heloize Schultz, Barros, Mariana de Souza, Bahls, Laura Rocha Campos, Costa, Gabriela Fernandes, Ribeiro, Elaine Rossi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Debates em Psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/382
• topic: agitação psicomotora; comportamento agressivo; segurança no trabalho; psychomotor agitation; aggressive behavior; job security; Agitación Psicomotora; Agresión; Salud Laboral

Patients in psychomotor agitation represent risks for health professionals, others present and for themselves. Thus, this article aims to acknowledge the protocols related to the promotion of safety, specifically, of health professionals in relation to patients in psychomotor agitation. As for the method, it is an integrative review in PubMED, SciELO, Science Direct and BVS databases. After applying the criteria, 15 articles were selected from which four main categories were identified and analyzed: safety actions and protocols for aggressive patients (behavioral, environmental, organizational, pharmacological and physical management); causes, predictive factors and identification of the unstable patient; training of health professionals and reporting of incidents. After analyzing these factors, an early and rapid assessment of the patient's condition is of great importance so that there is an appropriate management, taking into account their individuality. Furthermore, it is necessary that professionals have solid knowledge about the different measures, that there is efficient organization of the team and protocols established in the places of health promotion. For this, professional training must be implemented and maintained in The form of continuing education, addressing the different managements and their moments of use, valuing the constant improvement of methods for these patients, for all health professionals. Furthermore, the notification of cases by professionals should be encouraged, after all, the underreporting of cases presents itself as a problem for the collection of estimates about aggressions resulting from psychomotor agitation. Therefore, clear guidelines and standard operating procedure should be encouraged, seeking to keep professional environments safe for all.