Тhe level of knowledge of medical workers providing assistance to victims with traumatic injuries of the facial skull received as a result of road accidents

Abstract

Purpose of the study. Assess the knowledge of medical professionals providing assistance to victims with traumatic injuries to the facial skull, obtained in the context of road accidents. Materials and methods. For the study, a special questionnaire was developed, including 11 questions. The annotation involved 100 medical professionals working in emergency medical teams. Of these, 50 (50%) people with higher education, the corresponding certificate and holding the positions of doctors providing medical care in the city, another 50 (50%) people who had secondary medical education and worked as a paramedic providing medical care in rural conditions. Results. As a result of the study, the following results were obtained: most specialists working in emergency medical teams have sufficient knowledge of medical care for injuries to the facial skull, at the same time, most specialists do not have a specialized education in dentistry, which does not in all cases help to provide correct and competent care for such sufficiently specific injuries. This can lead to the choice of wrong tactics, which ultimately affects the treatment results of such victims. In this regard, pretexts to develop and introduce into practice specialized courses on the improvement of specialists working in emergency medical teams, which would be conducted by specialists in maxillofacial surgery, as well as disaster medicine. In our opinion, this will reduce the number of errors arising in the provision of medical care to such victims.