Abstract
to assess Primary Health Care physicians and nurses' knowledge about initial care for burn patients. a descriptive cross-sectional survey of 71 professionals between February 19 and March 30, 2018. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge through the correct answers obtained in the tool; Mann-Whitney test to compare professionals' level of knowledge; and logistic regression to investigate the association with other variables. there was an overall wrong answer rate of 40.27% in a tool applied to the subject in relation to physicians and 45.59% of nurses, with no statistically significant difference among them (p=0.27). There was a positive association between level of knowledge and length of practice in Primary Health Care (p=0.043). 29.19% of physicians and 14.89% of nurses knew the Ministry of Health's flowchart for initial care for burn victims. professionals had a low level of knowledge associated with their time in Primary Health Care.
Highlights
METHODSBurns are traumatic injuries to the body’s organic tissues resulting from the action of various agents such as fire, electricity, radiation, heated surfaces, hot liquids, among others
The Ministry of Health (MoH) recognizes burns as a public health problem, the real extent of the problem in Brazil is not known since there is insufficient epidemiological data and a unified database to define a Brazilian overview of the problem(3-5)
In Brazil, assistance to burn victims is organized in hierarchical and regionalized services based on universality and comprehensiveness principles of health actions and has in Primary Health Care (PHC) an important role
Summary
Burns are traumatic injuries to the body’s organic tissues resulting from the action of various agents such as fire, electricity, radiation, heated surfaces, hot liquids, among others. Depth, causative agent of the injury, association with inhalation of smoke by the victim and other particularities, burns generate important systemic repercussions that can lead to severe sequelae or death. They are considered a global health problem by the World Health Organization (WHO), estimated at over 265,000 annual deaths from fire alone(1-2). It becomes an indispensable tool for the professional to act in different situations of daily practice providing the ability to use and integrate this knowledge This tool aims to solve everyday problems to better meet the needs of the population seeking health services(13).
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