Pre-Hospital Practices Performed For Children With Burn Injuries

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the first aid practices that the mothers do in their burned children. The study was conducted as descriptive study in burn centers of a university hospital province, between August 2015 and May 2016. The study population consisted of inpatient children aged of 1–12 years who were treated in burn centers in related hospital during the study period, along with their mothers. The study was carried out with total 108 children and their mothers who met the research inclusion criteria. In our study, mothers were asked what kind of first-aid they apply when a burn has occurred and found that 48.1% of them spill water over the burn area. When the age of the participant children and the types of burns were examined, it was found that the burn rates of the 1-6 age group were higher in all types of burns than the other age groups.

Keywords

• burns
• first aid
• children burns
• nursing care

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