Care and management of burned patients: Integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcante, Igor dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lopes, Maria Simone, Mendes, João Pedro Sousa, Techi, Lucas de Carvalho, Lima, Danilo Andrade, Oliveira, Jocerone Emerson Nogueira, Barbosa, Danielle Laís Lópes, Barros, Ytallo Samuel Oliveira, Fontenelle, Ludmilla Figueiredo do vale, Santos, Lúcia Maria de Sousa Aguiar dos, Teixeira , Pedro Marcos Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/16308
• topic: Burns; Burn units; First aid.; Quemaduras; Unidades de quemados; Primeros auxilios.; Queimaduras; Unidades de queimados; Primeiros socorros.

Objective: to describe the appropriate conducts for the management of burn patients, according to the level of assistance (pre-hospital or hospital), the severity and the particularities in the care. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review of complete articles available in the LILACS, SciELO and MEDLINE databases, using as descriptors "Burns", "Burn Units" and "First Aid", published between 2010 and 2020. After a critical analysis, 8 articles were selected according to the inclusion criteria, which comprised the final sample of the study. Results: Adequate care for burn victim patients must follow rigid and pre-established protocols, highlighting pre-hospital care with the injury, according to the type of burn that occurred, as well as continuing with the treatment of a team multiprofessional, respecting the particularities in the conduct of cases of special populations. Conclusion: The management of burn patients requires specific skills, knowledge and clinical assessment for the evolution of a better prognosis.