{"id":18213,"date":"2024-11-25T19:32:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/doctors-note-november-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T19:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:32:06","slug":"doctors-note-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/doctors-note-november-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota do M\u00e9dico - novembro de 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00e9poca natal\u00edcia est\u00e1 quase a chegar! Com encontros festivos e actividades de inverno, \u00e9 uma altura alegre do ano - mas tamb\u00e9m traz riscos acrescidos de constipa\u00e7\u00e3o, gripe e outros problemas de sa\u00fade sazonais. Este m\u00eas, o Dr. Brian Tsang, Diretor M\u00e9dico do Departamento de Urg\u00eancias do Charlton Memorial Hospital, e o Dr. Anil Shukla, Presidente do Departamento de Urg\u00eancias do St. Luke's Hospital, d\u00e3o os seus conselhos para que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/know-where-to-go\/\">saber para onde ir<\/a> quando se trata de procurar cuidados m\u00e9dicos - e desfrutar de umas f\u00e9rias saud\u00e1veis com os seus entes queridos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Os v\u00edrus respirat\u00f3rios da esta\u00e7\u00e3o do inverno que causam simples constipa\u00e7\u00f5es em doentes saud\u00e1veis provocam frequentemente doen\u00e7as graves em doentes com doen\u00e7as cr\u00f3nicas. Isto resulta em tempos de espera nos Servi\u00e7os de Urg\u00eancia (SU) ainda mais longos do que os actuais padr\u00f5es p\u00f3s-COVID\", afirma o Dr. Tsang. \"As instala\u00e7\u00f5es de cuidados urgentes podem prestar os mesmos cuidados que os servi\u00e7os de urg\u00eancia para muitas doen\u00e7as, com tempos de espera muito mais curtos. No entanto, para alguns sintomas, deve considerar ir diretamente para as Urg\u00eancias em vez de ser encaminhado para l\u00e1 e esperar duas vezes. Al\u00e9m disso, se puder esperar algumas horas para ser atendido, \u00e9 um facto pouco conhecido que, mesmo nos nossos dias mais movimentados, h\u00e1 normalmente uma pausa entre as 2h e as 8h da manh\u00e3, muitas vezes com tempos de espera muito curtos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eis um resumo de quando se deve dirigir a um centro de cuidados urgentes ou a um servi\u00e7o de urg\u00eancia e o que pode esperar de cada um:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cuidados urgentes<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quando o seu prestador de cuidados prim\u00e1rios (PCP) n\u00e3o est\u00e1 dispon\u00edvel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/urgent-care\/\">centros de cuidados urgentes<\/a> prestam cuidados a problemas de sa\u00fade que n\u00e3o s\u00e3o perigosos para a vida, mas que precisam de aten\u00e7\u00e3o imediata. As condi\u00e7\u00f5es que normalmente podem ser tratadas nos centros de cuidados urgentes incluem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sintomas respirat\u00f3rios superiores (congest\u00e3o nasal e sinusal, dores de garganta e de ouvidos, tosse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Les\u00f5es das extremidades sem deformidade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feridas ou queimaduras com hemorragia controlada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erup\u00e7\u00f5es cut\u00e2neas ou sintomas al\u00e9rgicos sem dificuldade em respirar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dores no pesco\u00e7o, costas ou outros m\u00fasculos sem traumatismo recente<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sintomas urin\u00e1rios isolados, incluindo ardor, frequ\u00eancia, cor anormal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infec\u00e7\u00f5es das extremidades sem febre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Para al\u00e9m de tempos de espera mais curtos, a maioria dos centros de cuidados urgentes facilita a marca\u00e7\u00e3o da sua visita com anteced\u00eancia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/urgent-care\/\">Cuidados urgentes de sa\u00fade em Southcoast<\/a> tamb\u00e9m oferece visitas de Telehealth on Demand por telefone ou v\u00eddeo. Se a sua condi\u00e7\u00e3o requer uma visita a um especialista, oferecemos o Book It Urgent Care Diret Specialty Scheduling em todos os nossos locais de cuidados urgentes. Esta funcionalidade interessante permite \u00e0 nossa equipa marcar diretamente uma consulta de acompanhamento para uma variedade de necessidades de cuidados de sa\u00fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Servi\u00e7o de Urg\u00eancia (ED)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Os departamentos de emerg\u00eancia est\u00e3o equipados para lidar com condi\u00e7\u00f5es graves e com risco de vida, que exigem cuidados imediatos e mais intensivos\", diz o Dr. Shukla. Ele aconselha a deslocar-se ao servi\u00e7o de urg\u00eancia mais pr\u00f3ximo o mais rapidamente poss\u00edvel ou a ligar para o 112 se tiver:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dor no peito, dificuldade em respirar, incha\u00e7o nos bra\u00e7os ou pernas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batimento card\u00edaco ou pulso anormal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemorragia de qualquer origem que seja dif\u00edcil de controlar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dores fortes na cabe\u00e7a, pesco\u00e7o, abd\u00f3men<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sintomas neurol\u00f3gicos, incluindo dorm\u00eancia, fraqueza, nova dor de cabe\u00e7a grave, altera\u00e7\u00e3o da vis\u00e3o, da fala, da capacidade de andar ou do estado mental.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ingest\u00e3o de subst\u00e2ncias t\u00f3xicas, intencional ou n\u00e3o intencional<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perda de consci\u00eancia, com ou sem convuls\u00f5es<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sintomas psiqui\u00e1tricos graves, incluindo alucina\u00e7\u00f5es, del\u00edrios, pensamentos de se magoar a si pr\u00f3prio ou a outras pessoas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Les\u00f5es traum\u00e1ticas da cabe\u00e7a, pesco\u00e7o, t\u00f3rax, abd\u00f3men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Uma vez que as salas de emerg\u00eancia disp\u00f5em de um maior n\u00famero de especialistas e de equipamento avan\u00e7ado, s\u00e3o a melhor escolha para doen\u00e7as graves\", afirma o Dr. Shukla. \"No entanto, n\u00e3o se esque\u00e7a de que as urg\u00eancias funcionam com base num sistema de triagem, o que significa que os doentes com doen\u00e7as mais graves s\u00e3o tratados em primeiro lugar. Isto pode levar a tempos de espera mais longos para pessoas com problemas n\u00e3o cr\u00edticos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A linha de fundo<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este inverno, escolha o n\u00edvel certo de cuidados para que possa obter a ajuda de que necessita sem atrasos desnecess\u00e1rios. Para problemas menores, se o seu prestador de cuidados prim\u00e1rios n\u00e3o estiver dispon\u00edvel, um centro de cuidados urgentes \u00e9 muitas vezes o caminho mais r\u00e1pido. Para problemas graves, ligue para o 112 ou dirija-se \u00e0s urg\u00eancias sem demora. Planear com anteced\u00eancia pode tornar os tempos de espera mais f\u00e1ceis de gerir. Leve um livro ou algo que o mantenha confort\u00e1vel enquanto espera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acima de tudo, tome precau\u00e7\u00f5es para evitar doen\u00e7as, praticando uma boa higiene e tomando as vacinas recomendadas, como a gripe e a COVID-19. Para saber mais sobre as vacinas recomendadas para si e para a sua fam\u00edlia, visite a p\u00e1gina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/\">Centros de Controlo e Preven\u00e7\u00e3o de Doen\u00e7as<\/a>. Manter-se a par das suas vacinas pode ajudar a reduzir as doen\u00e7as, caso fique doente, para que possa passar mais tempo a desfrutar da \u00e9poca com os seus entes queridos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nota especial:<\/strong> Compreendemos que esperar pode ser dif\u00edcil quando n\u00e3o se est\u00e1 a sentir bem. Lembre-se de que todos n\u00f3s devemos tratar-nos com gentileza e respeito. A Southcoast Health tem um <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/patient-and-guest-code-of-conduct\/\">C\u00f3digo de Conduta do Paciente e do H\u00f3spede<\/a> para ajudar a melhorar a experi\u00eancia de todos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7070,"template":"","categories":[1229],"class_list":["post-18213","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expert-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctor&#039;s Note - November 2024 - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With festive gatherings and winter activities, increased risks for cold, flu and other seasonal health concerns also tag along. 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