Introduction:

An effective attention transference allows the continuity of healthcare; however, not many studies in the literature are focused on this important process.

Objective:

To analyze the available evidence regarding the transference of healthcare attention among healthcare teams at the prehospital stage.

Methodology:

This is an integrative review. The primary search was conducted on the PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, and Scopus databases. The sample was constituted by 20 research studies which were further grouped into two categories.

Results:

The synthesis showed some of the strategies which are used by health teams to standardize the information transmission during the transference of healthcare attention at the prehospital stage. One of these strategies is, while still in the ambulance, the use of checklists to be further be used by the health teams continuing the attention at the hospital. Some related issues included delays in the transference and errors in the communications.

Discussion:

The use of mnemonics and protocols to improve the transference process is not generalized, and there is consensus that the lack of integration in the communications is a major cause of errors during the attention transference.

Conclusion:

Achieving an effective healthcare attention transference can be complex due to the several factors. One of these key factors was found to be related to the agreements among healthcare teams and managers.