ASSESSMENT OF FIRST AID APPLICATIONS THAT PRESENT ON WEB PAGES ACCORDING TO THE LATEST GUIDELINES

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 61 - 72, 01.08.2018

Tuğba Sınmaz Neriman Akansel

https://doi.org/10.23884/ijhsrp.2018.3.2.03

Abstract

Correct action in first aid is one of the most important steps in life
saving. It is natural that come face with several situations that necessitate
first aid applications in daily life. One of them is bite injury also. Especially,
internet is a frequently applying source about health issues. Plenty of web
pages are available related to health issues and many of them have quite low
reliable content. Objective of this study is to evaluate the content of web
pages prepared on first aid for insect bite/sting. “First aid for insect bites”
term was searched via Google Chrome web browser in this descriptive study.
Fifty web pages including first aid for bites and stings of bee, jellyfish,
spider, tick and snake were investigated by researchers with using a check list
improved by them. International guidelines on first aid applications were used
in the formation of the check list. It has shown that the information on the web pages included in this
study is limited in the context of evidence-based concept and recommendations
from the latest guidelines. Traditional applications have been taking place in
some of web pages. It has been shown that information about first aid for
bites/stings from web pages is quite lacking and inadequate. Attention should be paid on the extent of
information about first aid on the internet is that much that can be life and
health threatening. Therefore, surveillance of web pages and first aid
applications that require basic knowledge to be taught with interactive methods
are recommended.

Keywords

Bites/stings, first aid, web pages

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