Helicopter emergency medical rescue for the traumatized: experience in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Brazil.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the profile of patients served by the air medical rescue system in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, evaluating: triage and mobilization criteria; response time; on-site care and transport time; invasive procedures performed in the Pre-Hospital Care (PHC); severity of patients; morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, descriptive study in which we analyzed medical records of patients rescued between July 2010 and December 2012. During this period, 242 victims were taken to the HC-Unicamp. Of the 242 patients, 22 were excluded from the study. RESULTS: of the 220 cases evaluated, 173 (78.6%) were male, with a mean age of 32 years. Blunt trauma was the most prevalent (207 cases - 94.1%), motorcycle accidents being the most common mechanisms of injury (66 cases - 30%), followed by motor vehicle collisions (51 cases - 23.2%). The average response time was 10 ± 4 minutes and the averaged total pre-hospital time was 42 ± 11 minutes. The mean values of the trauma indices were: RTS = 6.2 ± 2.2; ISS = 19.2 ± 12.6; and TRISS = 0.78 ± 0.3. Tracheal intubation in the pre-hospital environment was performed in 77 cases (35%); 43 patients (19.5%) had RTS of 7.84 and ISSd"9, being classified as over-triaged. Of all patients admitted, the mortality was 15.9% (35 cases). CONCLUSION: studies of air medical rescue in Brazil are required due to the investments made in the pre-hospital care in a country without an organized trauma system. The high rate of over-triage found highlights the need to improve the triage and mobilization criteria.

Helicopter emergency medical rescue for the traumatized: experience in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Brazil / Resgate aeromédico a traumatizados: experiência na região metropolitana de Campinas, Brasil

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the profile of patients served by the air medical rescue system in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, evaluating: triage and mobilization criteria; response time; on-site care and transport time; invasive procedures performed in the Pre-Hospital Care (PHC); severity of patients; morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, descriptive study in which we analyzed medical records of patients rescued between July 2010 and December 2012. During this period, 242 victims were taken to the HC-Unicamp. Of the 242 patients, 22 were excluded from the study. RESULTS: of the 220 cases evaluated, 173 (78.6%) were male, with a mean age of 32 years. Blunt trauma was the most prevalent (207 cases - 94.1%), motorcycle accidents being the most common mechanisms of injury (66 cases - 30%), followed by motor vehicle collisions (51 cases - 23.2%). The average response time was 10 ± 4 minutes and the averaged total pre-hospital time was 42 ± 11 minutes. The mean values of the trauma indices were: RTS = 6.2 ± 2.2; ISS = 19.2 ± 12.6; and TRISS = 0.78 ± 0.3. Tracheal intubation in the pre-hospital environment was performed in 77 cases (35%); 43 patients (19.5%) had RTS of 7.84 and ISSd"9, being classified as over-triaged. Of all patients admitted, the mortality was 15.9% (35 cases). CONCLUSION: studies of air medical rescue in Brazil are required due to the investments made in the pre-hospital care in a country without an organized trauma system. The high rate of over-triage found highlights the need to improve the triage and mobilization criteria. .

OBJETIVO: analisar o perfil de doentes atendidos pelo sistema de resgate aeromédico na Região Metropolitana de Campinas, avaliando critérios de triagem e acionamento; tempo-resposta, tempo de atendimento e de transporte; procedimentos invasivos realizados no APH; gravidade dos doentes; morbidade e mortalidade. MÉTODOS: estudo prospectivo descritivo, no qual foram analisados prontuários e fichas médicas de pacientes atendidos entre julho de 2010 e dezembro de 2012. Nesse período, 242 vítimas foram levadas ao HC-Unicamp. Dos 242 pacientes, 22 foram excluídos do estudo. RESULTADOS: dos 220 casos avaliados, 173 (78,6%) eram do sexo masculino, com média de idade de 32 anos. O trauma contuso foi o mais prevalente (207 casos - 94,1%), sendo os mecanismos de trauma mais frequentes os acidentes de motocicleta (66 casos - 30%) e colisões automobilísticas (51 casos - 23,2%). O tempo-resposta médio foi 10 ± 4 minutos e tempo total de pré-hospitalar teve média de 42 ± 11 minutos. Os valores médios dos índices de trauma foram: RTS = 6,2 ± 2,2; ISS = 19,2 ± 12,6; e TRISS = 0.78 ± 0.3. Intubação orotraqueal no pré-hospitalar foi realizada em 77 casos (35%) e 43 doentes (19,5%) tinham RTS de 7,84 e ISSd"9, sendo classificados como "supertriados". Do total de pacientes admitidos, a mortalidade foi 15,9% (35 casos). CONCLUSÃO: estudos de resgate aeromédico no Brasil são necessários devido aos investimentos realizados no pré-hospitalar num país sem sistema de trauma organizado. O elevado índice de supertriagem encontrado evidencia a necessidade de aperfeiçoamento dos critérios de triagem e acionamento. .

Perfuraçäo de alça ileal por tuberculose em portadores da síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida / Ileal loops perforation due to tuberculosis in AIDS patients with acquired inmunodeficiency syndrome

Objetivo do estudo: pesquisar a etiologia e o tratamento do abdome agudo perfurativo em portadores da síndrome de imumnodeficiência adquirida, em particular no caso de tuberculose intestinal. Tipo de estudo: clínico, através da conduta clínica e cirúrgica para a perfuraçäo intestinal por tuberculose em aidéticos. Local: Enfermaria de Moléstias Infecciosas do hospital Ipiranga - Inamps - S. Paulo. Pacientes: dois pacientes, adultos jovens do sexo masculino. Intervençöes: duas laparotomias para abdome agudo perfurativo, por perfuraçäo tuberculosa de alça ileal. Medidas e resultados: um dos pacientes veio a falecer no pós-operatório imediato em conseqüência do precário estado geral em que se encontrava. Outro teve boa evoluçäo e ainda continua sendo seguido ambulatorialmente. A laparotomia imediata, a oclusäo da perfuraçäo e a biópsia realizada, que permitiu chegar a uma etiologia, contribuíram para a boa evoluçäo do segundo paciente. Conclusöes: a literatura responsabiliza o citomegalovírus como sendo o principal causador da perfuraçäo intestinal em aidéticos. Em nossos pacientes, a etiologia foi tuberosa e talvez essa possa ser uma causa importante de abdome agudo perfurativo em portadores de AIDS em nosso meio, dada a grande pervalência de tuberculose nesse tipo de doente no Brasil