Knowledge Level of General Practitioners at RS Tingkat II Dustira About Primary Survey in Trauma Cases
Rizki Bunawan, Alexander Siagian, Andri Anugerah Kusuma

Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani

Abstract

The high incidence of trauma caused by traffic accidents and other causes resulting in the the high mortality of trauma. A general practitioner(GP)^s primary survey knowledge and management could minimalized the risk of the death. RS Tingkat II Dustira has an emergency department so the GPs ought to have knowledge in primary survey. The GPs have some levels of knowledge in primary survey. The aim of the study was to find out the knowledge of GPs in RS Tingkat II Dustira about primary survey in trauma patients. This study used observational descriptive method using primary data collected from the quetionaire filled by 39 GPs in RS Tingkat II Dustira. The data was analyzed univariately. The result of the study was there were mostly 26-30 years old respondents with the oldest^s age was more than 51 years old. The respondents^ length of work mostly were 1-10 years (26 respondents). The respondents which underwent some trainings were 34GPs, from which 20GPs underwent ATLS training and 14 GPs underwent a non-ATLS training. There were 5 GPs who didn^t undergo any trainings. From this study, 51% of the GPs had a good knowledge. 40% of the GPs who went through ATLS training before had a good knowledge and 72% of the GPs who didn^t go through ATLS had a good knowledge. The GP^s who had a good knowledge about primary survey^s first component, airway, were 27% GPs, in the breathing componen t were 13%, the circulation component were 49%, disability component were 92%, and 87% respondents in exposure component. This is an interesting study as an addition to RS Tingkat II Dustira to refresh the knowledge for the GPs. The levels of knowledge in primary survey is better descriptively in the GPs which underwent the Non-ATLS training but with good experience because it was influenced by the length of work in the emergency department.

Keywords: : general practitioner, levels of knowledge, primary survey

Topic: Update Emergency Assesment and Management