NEED FOR TRAINING OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FROM OUTPATIENT CARE FOR BURNS INJURIES

Abstract

The severity of the burn, as a trauma is a three-dimensional magnitude determining the localization, the vastness and depth of tissue damage. It is essential that the period from the onset of the trauma to the beginning and method of treatment. Depending on timely and adequate medical care for victims with burns, possible complications can be significantly reduced and prevented. According to the normative requirements for acquiring professional competence, health care professionals must possess special training and education in the scope of the specialty "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" (PVEH). The purpose of this study is to study awareness of the burns and the need to train healthcare professionals from outpatient care. The study was conducted in the period March-April 2019 year among 134 health care professionals working in outpatient clinics for specialized medical care (individual or group practice), medical centers and diagnostic advisory centers on the territory of Sofia City. The study used the dokumen¬tal and sociological method through its own survey. Results. The highest relative share is the health care professionals with work experience from 21 to 30 years (38.06%) from 11 to 20 years (34.33%). The analysis of the results showed that over half (55.97%) Professionals can partly cope with a burning incident. Every fifth of respondents (20.15%) Professional preparation for medical care and 23.88% of them respond negatively. A significant share of respondents (94.77%) Want to participate in training on the topic of burns 67.16% of them giving a categorical answer "yes, completely” , 27.61% say "yes, partly". 98.05% of professionals consider it necessary to provide information to parents about the possible risk of incineration in children, with 91.79% expected to contribute to reducing incidents in their rearing. Conclusion. In recent years, health care reforms have been oriented towards improving the quality of medical care, as the main task of medical institutions to provide affordable health care. The quality of healthcare has a multi-factor modality of criteria such as safety, accessibility, adequacy, patient satisfaction, social fairness and final health care outcomes.