CUIDADOS A VÀTIMA DE QUEIMADURA

AN INTEGRATING REVIEW OF THE NURSING PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ACCORDING TO MALAGUTTI AND KAKIHAR (2014) BURN INJURIES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED A MAJOR CAUSE OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IT CAN BE CAUSED BY THERMAL, ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL OR RADIOACTIVE AGENTS, IN WHICH THE DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT IS ASSESSED THROUGH THE DEPTH OF THE LESION. FROM THE ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, THE TREATMENT OF THESE LESIONS IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEXITIES, REQUIRING SPECIAL NEEDS AND COVERINGS. THE TREATMENT OF BURN INJURIES INVOLVES LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC EFFECTS, WHICH VARIES ACCORDING TO THE DEPTH OF THE WOUND, ITS LOCATION AND ITS EXTENT. AS AN OPTION FOR LOCAL THERAPY CURATIVES CONTAINING HEALING AND ANTI-INFECTIVE SUBSTANCES ARE BEING USED (TAVARES; SILVA, 2015). THUS, THE BURN INJURY REQUIRES A PROFESSIONAL NURSE CARE WITH A SUITABLE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL VALUES �€‹�€‹TO DEAL WITH THEIR SITUATION WITH COMPETENCE (TEIXEIRA; ALMEIDA, 2012). OBJECTIVE: THIS STUDY AIMS  TO DISCUSS THE NURSING CARE AND THE POSSIBLE TREATMENTS  TO BURN INJURED VICTIMS, THROUGH AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. METHODOLOGY: THE METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN THE VIRTUAL HEALTH LIBRARY (VHL), AVAILABLE IN FULL TEXTS, IN THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN DATABASES ON HEALTH SCIENCES (LILACS) AND SCIENTIFIC ELETRONIC LIBRARY ONLINE (SCIELO), IN THE NURSING DATABASE (BDENF) AND ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF BURNS (RBQ), FROM 2007 TO 2017, ALL OF THEM WRITTEN IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. RESULT: THE RESULTS WERE OBTAINED BY THE ANALYSIS OF THE ARTICLES AFTERWARDS THE REALIZATION OF DATA CLEANSING PROCESS. CONCLUSION: THE MAIN MORBIDITIES CAUSED BY BURN INJURIES ARE RELATED TO THE PAIN ITS EFFECTS. THE GOOD PROGNOSIS OF THE BURN INJURED VICTIM IS LINKED TO THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND THE EFFECTIVE NURSING SYSTEMATIZATION BASED ON TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CARE.