The mobile emergency service, one of the main strategies of the National Policy of Medical Emergencies that has been implemented throughout the whole of the country in 2004, was only implemented in Cuiabá in 2007. This descriptive study reports the personal experience of one of the authors as a pre-hospital service (PHS) nurse who participated in the implementation process of the mobile emergency service. Until 2004, emergency services were carried out exclusively by the fire fighter (FF) department. The reorganization of the PHS enabled the inclusion of nursing professionals in the mobile emergency services. This reorganization of the PHS let to the detachment of the FF from mobile emergency services, moving the PHS to a new base and developing work activities as a civil service. This report describes that opportunities for nursing professionals in mobile emergency services have driven demands for specialization courses and the development of studies to prepare new practitioners.
Emergency nursing; Emergency medical services; Ambulances; Emergency medical system; First aid