Elaboração de um manual farmacoterapêutico de medicamentos para utilização em carro de emergência como ferramenta institucional, em um hospital de ensino no interior do estado.

Abstract

The construction of work manuals enables the organization and standardization of the services provided by the sector, thus structuring the activities and their execution by the various professionals present there. Note that people perform their activities better when they have a standardization routine, as it minimizes errors and contributes to reliable processes. Considering the process of recovery of health, the drug intervention becomes a great ally, especially in the emergency sector whose administered drugs have a high power of action and thus becomes and ally in the process of recovery of health, and if any during this activity may have irreversible consequences for the patient. The purpose of this study was to analyze standard medications in a hospital‟s emergency car and to carry out a study to obtain information such as it presentation, route of administration, diluent solution, stability, adverse reaction, interaction and incompatibility with other medicines to prepare a pharmacotherapeutic manual to help professionals in this area with regard to their doubts when applying them to patients. The study methodology was observational and descriptive. The data used for the preparation of the manual were based on updated articles on the subject, in books and package inserts, in order to have a reliable material in which professionals can base themselves and use in their work routine. In this study, 24 standard medications were analyzed in the emergency car, among which the class of antiarrhythmics predominated with 12.5%, the use of more than one parenteral routes was highlighted with 58.33%, leaving the choice of route according to the needs of the patient. The preparation of this manual has become valid and accepted by the professionals, due to its content and appearance, remaining in the place for clarification and should be updated as new information is added to the medications and as the list of standardizations changes.