RESUMO
Objectives: To describe the opinion of nurses about a non-specialized in hospital to support team called Equipo de Complemento (EC), evaluate the perception of other nurses about their need of additional formation -since those nurses are responsible for the cardiac arrest call-, and define the opinion of other staff about their knowledge and satisfaction about this duty. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study performed from May of 2014 to February 2015. Data was collected through an anonymous poll, which was given to the hospital nursery professionals with more than 5 years of service. the respondents were not taking part in EC. Results: "the 80% of the respondents think of EC as a hospital service of identity with self-organization. A 94% believe that EC is really necessary, and 96% of the respondents know that the cardiac arrest nurse is a member of EC, and they rate these nurses with a high degree of satisfaction. Conclusion: The EC is seen as a needed model with self-identity, composed of trained professionals. The hospital professionals of Nursery are really satisfied with their job. EC take part in other tasks as cardiac arrests and are highly rated for this duty.