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ROCHA, Patrícia Kuerten; PRADO, Marta Lenise do; RADUNZ, Vera  e  WOSNY, Antônio de Miranda. Nursing care in pre-hospital attendiment service and airmedical removal. Rev. bras. enferm. [online]. 2003, vol.56, n.6, pp. 695-698. ISSN 0034-7167.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-71672003000600022.

The present article is a description of an experience developed during the Conclusive Monography of the Nursing Course from Santa Catarina´s Federal University, in the second semester year 2000. It discuss the importance of the Pre-hospital Attendiment Service and Airmedical Removal, and the need of nurses preparation to atend the increasing requests of those services. It presents a historical review on these kind of atention method in health, in Brazil and in the world. It discuss some aspects related to management of human and material resources, concerning its specificity in those kind of services. It also points out the importance of the Nurse roll, and the necessity of widing theirs skills to act in the field of pre-hospital attendiment and airmedical removal.

Palavras-chave : nursing; pre-hospital emergency; airmedical removal.