Convergent assistance research. The objective was to estimate the occurrence and document the clinical evidence of peripheral vascular trauma in punctures of adults and elderly in an urgency and emergency department in Minas Gerais, Brazil. We considered the following inclusion criteria: the first side punctured and the clinical assessments at intervals of less than 24 hours. The evidences of trauma were recorded by photographs. Sample with a full selection. From the 200 sites evaluated, there were 110 cases of vascular trauma with 288 events of: 1) pain, skin discoloration, local functional capacity decreased, edema, induration, cuts, postulation and local hypo or hyperthermia. The photographs documented every type of event capable of visual record. This investigation led us to reaffirm the defining characteristics for nursing diagnosis of "pheripheral vascular trauma" in the Urgency/Emergency department.
Nursing; Blood vessels; Nursing Diagnosis; Vulnerability
