GESTÃO DO CUIDADO EM UNIDADES DE TRATAMENTO INTENSIVO NA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.3742516015

• Palavras-chave: COVID-19; Profissionais de Saúde; Cuidados Intensivos

• Keywords: Covid-19; Health Personnel; Critical Care

• Abstract: Health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic faced a shortage of resources, lack of beds, physical and mental exhaustion, in addition to limited knowledge of the disease. The objective of this article is analyze care management during the COVID-19 pandemic in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and correlate it with the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals. Descriptive cross-sectional study, applying the Knowledge, Attitudes and Management Practices (CAP) scale to nurses, physiotherapists and doctors from four ICUs, three in the Mata zone of Minas Gerais and one in the central south region of Rio de Janeiro. A total of 116 professionals participated in the study, nurses (36.2%) and female (68.1%), aged between 30-50 years. ICU A professionals showed better results in the care and management of COVID-19, obtaining a higher rate of discharges (M= 0.87) and a lower rate of deaths (M= 0.12).  In ICUs where professionals had better training and pandemic management, the discharge rate was higher and the death rate was lower. In the COVID-19 pandemic, managers and health professionals had to seek conditions for adequate patient care.Health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic faced a shortage of resources, lack of beds, physical and mental exhaustion, in addition to limited knowledge of the disease. The objective of this article is analyze care management during the COVID-19 pandemic in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and correlate it with the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals. Descriptive cross-sectional study, applying the Knowledge, Attitudes and Management Practices (CAP) scale to nurses, physiotherapists and doctors from four ICUs, three in the Mata zone of Minas Gerais and one in the central south region of Rio de Janeiro. A total of 116 professionals participated in the study, nurses (36.2%) and female (68.1%), aged between 30-50 years. ICU A professionals showed better results in the care and management of COVID-19, obtaining a higher rate of discharges (M= 0.87) and a lower rate of deaths (M= 0.12).  In ICUs where professionals had better training and pandemic management, the discharge rate was higher and the death rate was lower. In the COVID-19 pandemic, managers and health professionals had to seek conditions for adequate patient care.