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Knowledge and practices related to burn first aid among Majmaah community, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Burns in developing countries account for significant morbidity and mortality which have been shown by increasing burn first aid awareness. In general, flames, scalds, and contact burns are the most common causes, but in children scalds are the most common. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to...

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Autores principales: AlQahtani, Fahad Ali, Alanazi, Mohammed Ayed, Alanazi, Mohammed Khaled, Alshalhoub, Khalid Saud, Alfarhood, Abdulaziz Ahmed, Ahmed, Syed Meraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984679
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_382_18
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Burns in developing countries account for significant morbidity and mortality which have been shown by increasing burn first aid awareness. In general, flames, scalds, and contact burns are the most common causes, but in children scalds are the most common. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to assess the general knowledge and practices related to burn first aid among Majmaah community. METHODS: This study is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected in 2018 using convenience sampling technique. Saudi men and women age 18 years and older living in Majmaah were included in the study. Data were collected from 390 males and females. The sample size was collected using precision formula. Data were encoded into Microsoft Excel worksheets and imported to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS(®)) software for analysis. RESULTS: A total of 390 individuals responded to the survey. Regarding the demographic data of the study participants, 49.2% were between 30 and 49 years old. Most of them were females (71.8%). Regarding burn first aid knowledge, 82.6% of the study participants knew that the first thing is to stop, drop, and roll when your clothes catch fire, 43.8% knew to apply cold water if hot oil spills on the hands, 41.0% knew that all burn injuries must be treated at hospital, whereas most of them 78.5% knew never to apply raw eggs or herbs to burn wounds. CONCLUSION: The knowledge of Majmaah community toward first aid is found to be low in spite of most of the respondents having a positive attitude toward first aid. The majority of the study participants (73.8%) were well-educated and had a bachelor's degree.