First Aid Treatment of Burns

First Aid Treatment of Burns.

First aid and treatment of minor burns.

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First-aid treatment of burns and scalds.

In writing about the management of burns it is important to distinguish clearly between: (a) Treatment applied as a purely temporary measure at the scene of the accident, before the patient is despatched to a hospital or doctor. This is strictly first aid. (b) The formal treatment, carried out by a doctor or nurse, whether in the horiie, the surgery or the hospital, who has adequate facilities ...

Reduced hospitalisation of burns patients following a multi-media campaign that increased adequacy of first aid treatment.

CONTEXT Concern engendered by a previous study that showed inadequate first aid for burn injuries was prevalent in the community led to a novel multi-media public health campaign ensued to address the issue. OBJECTIVE To determine whether this public health campaign influenced behaviour by altering first aid treatment for burn injuries (BFAT). DESIGN, SETTING AND POPULATION: Prospective inter...

A population-based survey of knowledge of first aid for burns in New South Wales.

OBJECTIVE To determine the current level of knowledge of first aid for a burn injury and sources of this knowledge among the general population of New South Wales. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS People aged 16 years or older were interviewed as part of the 2007 NSW Population Health Survey, a continuous telephone survey of NSW residents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Weighted proportion of the pop...