CONHECIMENTO DOS PROFISSIONAIS QUE TRABALHAM NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: PREVENÇÃO E MANEJO DO TRAUMA KNOWLEDGE OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS PROFESIONALES QUE TRABAJAN EN LA EDUCACIÓN DE LA PRIMERA INFANCIA: LA PREVENCIÓN Y GESTIÓN DE TRAUMA

Objective: to identify the knowledge of the professionals who work in early childhood education on the prevention and management of trauma. Method: a descriptive, quantitative and transverse study. 55 subjects of daycare work participated in the city of Joao Pessoa/Paraiba/Northeastern Brazil, of 32±8 years old, being 45 women. They underwent a questionnaire with nine objective questions and one subjective. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. 16.0 and of Prism 3.0, presented in figures. This research project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research, Protocol 2009/112093. Results: it was found no health professional; deficit of management of the trauma, being the most frequent: falls (100%), choking (18%), poisoning (7%), cardiac arrest (1,8%). Conclusion: the accidents occurred in daycare are important because they can cause: family maladjustment and social and economic troubles. The absence of health professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team decreases the quality of care, especially when dealing with health promotion, prevention and management of childhood trauma. Descriptors: Trauma; Child; Conduct.