Military Nursing in "Operation Return to Brazil": aeromedical evacuation in the coronavirus pandemic

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 73 Suppl 2; no. suppl 2; p. e20200297
• Main Authors: Borges, Letícia Lima, Guimarães, Clarissa Coelho Vieira, Aguiar, Beatriz Gerbassi Costa, Felipe, Luiz Alberto de Freitas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Air Ambulances; Air Ambulances - organization & administration; Air Ambulances - statistics & numerical data; Betacoronavirus; Brazil; China; Communicable Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Infection; Male; Middle Aged; Military Nursing; Military Nursing - organization & administration; Military Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data; Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology; Nursing Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pandemics - statistics & numerical data; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; SARS-CoV-2; Brazil; China
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0297

to describe the experience of military nursing in "Operation Return to Brazil" in an aeromedical evacuation. this is an experience report of the nursing staff in the Aeromedical Evacuation of potentially-contaminated Brazilians who were in Wuhan, China, after the outbreak of the new coronavirus. the report was constructed from nursing care performed in three stages: pre-flight, screening, and flight. Pre-flight care would include aircraft configuration and material prediction. In screening, the staff was concerned with being properly attired. In the health assessment of returnees, in-flight, attention was focused on Personal Protective Equipment handling to minimize the risk of contamination by prolonged contact with potentially-contaminated passengers. Final considerations: nursing was committed to planning all the actions of this mission, which was one of the longest, strenuous and unprecedented in the history of aeromedical transport in Brazil.