Pengetahuan Perawat Tentang Penganan Awal Gigitan Ular

Abstract

Knowledge about the early treatment of snakebite significantly affects mortality and morbidity rates. Initial treatment for snakebite victims is still experiencing obstacles, including the belief in the use of traditional medicine during initial treatment, difficulty accessing health services, inadequately trained personnel, and the unavailability of antivenom in health care facilities. The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' knowledge regarding the initial treatment of snake bites. The research design used is descriptive with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique is total sampling, and the number of samples is 75 nurses taken from three health centers. Data collection used a knowledge symptom envenomation and first aid management snake bite questionnaire. Data analysis used univariate analysis. The results showed that most nurses were aged 20-35 years (54.7%), more women, as many as 38 people (50.7%), at most were D III graduates, namely 35 people (46.7%), having experience working for a maximum of 1-5 years, as many as 29 people (38.7%), as many as 56 people (74.7%) stated that they had attended snakebite management training. The majority stated that they had handled snakebite cases of as many as 63 people (84%) ). Nurses' knowledge about the initial handling of snake bites is in the excellent category. Knowledge of the early management of snake bites plays a role in reducing the unintended effects of snake bites. The higher the knowledge possessed by the nurse, the better the care provided. The knowledge obtained is in identifying snake bites, toxic effects, initial management, treatment, and side effects of antivenom. Knowledge is the basis for handling snakebites; to further improve health services in connection with this, training is needed in the initial handling of snakebites.