Military Nursing in "Operation Return to Brazil": aeromedical evacuation in the coronavirus pandemic.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 73 Suppl 2: e20200297, 2020.
Article
in Portuguese, English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-646179
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to describe the experience of military nursing in "Operation Return to Brazil" in an aeromedical evacuation.METHOD:
this is an experience report of the nursing staff in the Aeromedical Evacuation of potentially-contaminated Brazilians who were in Wuhan, China, after the outbreak of the new coronavirus.RESULTS:
the report was constructed from nursing care performed in three stages pre-flight, screening, and flight. Pre-flight care would include aircraft configuration and material prediction. In screening, the staff was concerned with being properly attired. In the health assessment of returnees, in-flight, attention was focused on Personal Protective Equipment handling to minimize the risk of contamination by prolonged contact with potentially-contaminated passengers. Final considerations nursing was committed to planning all the actions of this mission, which was one of the longest, strenuous and unprecedented in the history of aeromedical transport in Brazil.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Air Ambulances
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Pandemics
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Military Nursing
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Military Personnel
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Asia
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Bras Enferm
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0034-7167-2020-0297
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