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Objective: characterizing the traffic accidents attended by the mobile urgency care service of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: a descriptive, exploratory research of a quantitative approach performed in a Service Mobile Urgency Care. Results: the sample consisted of 1.353 chips of attendance from January to June 2014. Stood out the male gender (78,0%), aged between 25 and 34 years old (29,9%). The highest number was in the weekend (53,9%), during the evening (25,9%) and the most recurrent type of collision was falling motorcycle (35,8%). The excoriations were the injuries most common (28,7%) and multiple traumas occurred in 34,1% of the victims. Conclusion: it is significant the importance of ongoing education of health professionals, because, how much faster and qualified the first assistance, the better the chances of a good prognosis.

Objective: To identify the causes for the discards of corneas in the ocular tissue bank from Rio Grande do Norte. Method: This was an exploratory descriptive study, with retrospective data and quantitative approach, conducted in the ocular tissue bank from Rio Grande do Norte. The information was collected by means of an instrument containing: number of collected, transplanted, and discarded corneas; causes for the discards. Results: Out of the 548 collected corneas, 78,1% were preserved and 21,9% discarded. The prevalent causes for the discards were: stromal infiltrate, positive serology, and expired validity. Conclusion: Health professionals should be prepared to decrease the loss of corneas for avoidable reasons.