Determination of the Pre-Hospital Practices Performed for Children with Burn Injuries

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Kavurmacı M., Kucukoglu S.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, cilt.6, ss.806-810, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4328/jcam.3645
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.806-810
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Burns, Children, Mother, First Aid, Nurse, 0-6 AGE-GROUP, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ACCIDENTS, MOTHERS, CARE, PAIN
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the first aid practices performed and, effecting factors in burn injuries in before hospital admission. Material and Method: The study was conducted in burn centers of two hospitals in the Erzurum, between December 2013 and August 2014. The population was consisted of inpatient children aged 0-12 years who were treated in burn centers of related hospitals and their mothers at the date of the study. The study was carried out with a total of 121 children and their mothers who met the research inclusion criteria. Questionnaire data was used to collect data. In data analysis, percentage distributions, means and chi-square test were used. Results: It was found that, children' mothers applicate the cold water first when the burns ocur (57.9%), secondly only applying cold water (27.3%), then the mothers took off their children to hospital not to any application (75.2%), burn wound on the olive oil riding (10.7%), burn wound yogurt riding (8.3%), Discussion: As a result, it was determined that children' mothers don't have an adequate level of first-aid knowledge, and younger mothers with low levels of education living in rural areas perform incorrect first aid practices.