Emergency equipment and drugs in primary health care

Authors

  • Ângela Cerqueira Médica de Família na Unidade Saúde Familiar de Tornada
  • Rui Gomes Tripulante da Viatura Médica de Emergência e Reanimação do Centro Hospitalar Oeste Norte
  • Marta Marquês Médico de Medicina Interna na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos do Hospital Garcia de Orta; Tripulante da Viatura Médica de Emergência e Reanimação do Hospital Garcia de Orta
  • Marta Fragoeiro Médica de Família na Unidade Saúde Familiar da Cova da Piedade, ACES Almada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v26i3.11184

Keywords:

Emergencies, Primary Health Care, Equipment, Drugs

Abstract

The family doctor needs proper training and access to adequate material to be able to act in emergency situations in his healthcare practice or while delivering care in the community. All healthcare practices should have an emergency box, or car, with use reserved to this kind of situations. It is the health professionals responsibility the putting together of this box. This article intends to support health professionals in the making of this emergency box, reviewing the equipment and drugs which should be included and the operationalization of the box.

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Published

2010-05-01

How to Cite

Emergency equipment and drugs in primary health care. (2010). Portuguese Journal of Family Medicine and General Practice, 26(3), 292-4. https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v26i3.11184

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