Pre-Hospital Burn Management Practices: A Scoping Review
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Title
Pre-Hospital Burn Management Practices: A Scoping Review
Subject
Injury; Community;
First Aid; Practice;
Pre-Hospital
First Aid; Practice;
Pre-Hospital
Description
Introduction: Burn injury remains a global health problem with high morbidity
and mortality. Although appropriate pre-hospital burn first aid can reduce
complications, community knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding
correct burn management remain inadequate.
Methods: This literature review applied the PCC framework. The Population
included communities and individuals; the Concept covered correct and
incorrect burn first aid practices; and the Context focused on pre-hospital
burn management. Eligible studies were experimental, cross-sectional, or
cohort designs published in English or Indonesian within the past ten years
and available in full text. Narrative, integrative, scoping, systematic reviews,
and meta-analyses were excluded. Literature searches were conducted in
PubMed and ScienceDirect using relevant keywords.
Results: A total of 449 articles were initially identified from the PubMed and
ScienceDirect databases. After screening, 313 articles remained, of which 86
were excluded. Of the 227 full-text reports assessed, 187 were inaccessible.
Forty studies were then evaluated for eligibility, and 25 were excluded
because they did not discuss burn first aid (n = 10), were not community-
focused (n = 8), or were irrelevant to the pre-hospital context (n = 7). In total,
15 studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings revealed that community
knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding burn first aid were generally
low.
Conclusion: Pre-hospital burn management practices remain inadequate, with
persistent misconceptions. Further research is needed to identify
determinants influencing burn first aid behaviors to inform targeted
community-based health education interventions.
and mortality. Although appropriate pre-hospital burn first aid can reduce
complications, community knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding
correct burn management remain inadequate.
Methods: This literature review applied the PCC framework. The Population
included communities and individuals; the Concept covered correct and
incorrect burn first aid practices; and the Context focused on pre-hospital
burn management. Eligible studies were experimental, cross-sectional, or
cohort designs published in English or Indonesian within the past ten years
and available in full text. Narrative, integrative, scoping, systematic reviews,
and meta-analyses were excluded. Literature searches were conducted in
PubMed and ScienceDirect using relevant keywords.
Results: A total of 449 articles were initially identified from the PubMed and
ScienceDirect databases. After screening, 313 articles remained, of which 86
were excluded. Of the 227 full-text reports assessed, 187 were inaccessible.
Forty studies were then evaluated for eligibility, and 25 were excluded
because they did not discuss burn first aid (n = 10), were not community-
focused (n = 8), or were irrelevant to the pre-hospital context (n = 7). In total,
15 studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings revealed that community
knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding burn first aid were generally
low.
Conclusion: Pre-hospital burn management practices remain inadequate, with
persistent misconceptions. Further research is needed to identify
determinants influencing burn first aid behaviors to inform targeted
community-based health education interventions.
Creator
I Gusti Ngurah Agung Indra Dinata Jaya Putra1, I Ketut Swarjana1*
, I Nengah Adiana1,
Anak Agung Istri Wulan Krisnandari1
, I Nengah Adiana1,
Anak Agung Istri Wulan Krisnandari1
Source
https://doi.org/10.37363/bnr.2026.71535
Date
11 January 2026
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
I Gusti Ngurah Agung Indra Dinata Jaya Putra1, I Ketut Swarjana1*
, I Nengah Adiana1,
Anak Agung Istri Wulan Krisnandari1, “Pre-Hospital Burn Management Practices: A Scoping Review,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12007.