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Occurrences and Cardiovascular Diseases of Pre-Hospital Care Service

Abstract

Objective: To describe the occurrences and cardiovascular problems of a Mobile Emergency Care Service.

Methods: Retrospective, quantitative study carried out at the Emergency and Emergency Medical Regulation Centre of SAMU, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, in August and September 2019. Data from a secondary source, the Individual Medical Regulation Form, was used. Study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), number 3.354,698.

Results: We identified 145 occurrences or phone calls that generated 142 (97.9%) calls. Females (51.4%), elderly (69.7%), mean age 76, patients with systemic arterial hypertension (57.8%) and diabetes mellitus 20 (13.6%) prevailed. The largest number of consultations occurred in the health district of Cohab (17.6) followed by Tirirical (16.2%). The most frequent complaints were chest pain (21.9%), malaise (21.3%) and dyspnoea (16.9%).

Conclusions: The visits were more prevalent in females, elderly, hypertensive, with complaints of chest pain and occurred in the health district of Cohab.

Líscia Divana Carvalho Silva¹*, Nerilce Soares Ferreira², Joseildes Castelo Branco Souza², Letícia de Paula Carvalho Silva¹, Natália Carvalho Fonsêca¹, João Vitor Lobo Nascimento², Paula Fernanda Gomes Privado², Anna Carolina Souza Silva Santos², Fernanda Liene Cavalcante da Cruz², Tamara Rubia Cavalcante Guimaraes Coutinho², Francisca Jessyane dos S. Sá Castelo Branco2, Monique de Alencar Lucena², Silvana Mendes Costa², Andrea Carolina Ramos Gonçalves², Édipo Luan de Carvalho Caminha²*

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