Affiliation:
1. Kirsehir Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine
2. UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, ANKARA GÜLHANE HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
3. Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
4. University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Clinic of Emergency Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
Background/Aims:
Our study aimed to assess the abilities of emergency medicine, general surgery, and plastic surgery resident doctors in diagnosing, treating, and managing burn patients.
Methods:
We conducted a survey study between 04.05.2015 and 04.08.2015 at university hospitals and training and research hospitals in Ankara. We collected information on the age, gender, experience, and hospital of the doctors, as well as their training and approaches to treating burn cases. We evaluated their knowledge in various areas, including clinical approaches to 2nd and 3rd-degree burn cases, escharotomy localizations, intubation indications, bulla treatment, referral and hospitalization indications, identification of inhalation burns, and fluid resuscitation.
Results:
The average age of the participants was 29.3±2.4 years, and 65.7% were male. We found that doctors who had received advanced burn life support training had better approaches to burn cases (p
Publisher
Cagdas Tip Dergisi: Journal of Contemporary Medicine
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