ABSTRACT
Objectives:
to characterize the nurses who work in the aerospace environment and to identify their most frequent responsibilities during the pre-flight, flight, and post-flight periods.
Methods:
a quantitative, exploratory-descriptive research, conducted using a survey through Google forms®, from January to April of 2018, with 50 nurses from aerospace services in Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results:
predominance of male participants (64%), mean age of 37 years, with a mean working time in the aerospace environment of six years, in helicopter (54%), and in the southern region (42%). The main pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities were, respectively: verification/testing of equipment functionality, nursing care for patients, and replacement of supplies and equipment.
Conclusions:
In the aerospace environment, nurses’ work are primarily organizational and victim care actions, during all phases of the flight.
Descriptors:
Nursing Care; Air Ambulances; Aerospace Medicine; Emergency Medical Services; Nurse’s Role