O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar a classificação de risco em serviço de urgência de um hospital. Foram amostrados 976 usuários que procuraram atendimento, cujos dados foram coletados nas fichas preconizadas pelo protocolo de atendimento médico. Predominaram pessoas do sexo masculino, na faixa etária de 20 a 59 anos, que procuraram o serviço em dias úteis e horário comercial. Foram considerados adequados à demanda para o atendimento no serviço de urgência 82,3% dos pacientes, com associação significativa entre adequação e as variáveis procedência e horário de atendimento. A implantação do protocolo contribuiu para a identificação dos casos mais graves e organização da demanda.
Objective: To analyze two hospital emergency services, one in a public institution and another in a philanthropic one, from the perspective of rapid response team professionals in the face of positive and negative critical incidents. Method: Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study carried with 62 health professionals. Critical Incident Technique was employed as the theoretical-methodological framework, along with Content Analysis for analyzing data. Results: Sixty-two health professionals - including 23 nurses, 20 physiotherapists and 19 doctors - took part in this study. Clusters for 89 critical incidents were obtained; 66 of them were considered positive, whereas 23 were negative. The situations associated to the provided services were discriminated in three categories: recognition of patient clinical deterioration; rapid response team activation in the unit; and time until rapid response team arrival at the ward. Conclusion: In spite of the difficulties faced by such professionals while providing care to patients who become severely ill in non-critical wards, positive reports were predominant in all categories, what legitimized this service's importance as a contribution to quality and safety of hospitalized patients.
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