Babali Nursing Research
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026): January

Pre-Hospital Burn Management Practices: A Scoping Review

I Gusti Ngurah Agung Indra Dinata Jaya Putra (Unknown)
I Ketut Swarjana (Unknown)
I Nengah Adiana (Unknown)
Anak Agung Istri Wulan Krisnandari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2026

Abstract

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.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

BNR

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Subject

Nursing

Description

The Babali Nursing Research provides a forum for original research and scholarship about health care delivery, organisation, management, workforce, policy and research methods relevant to nursing, midwifery and other health related professions. The BNR aims to support evidence informed policy and ...