GAMBARAN PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TENTANG PENANGANAN PERTAMA PADA KASUS GIGITAN ULAR
Abstract
Indonesia is one of the countries that has a tropical climate which causes a very high diversity of
flora or fauna, one of which is snake. The large number of snake species in Indonesia has an
impact on the high number of snake bites. Snakebite is an injury caused by a dangerous and lifethreatening
snake bite. In 2009, WHO calcified snake bites into a list of neglected tropical
diseases. This situation requires the first handling quickly and right before the victim arrived at the
hospital. Recommended first aid methods such as calming victims, immobilizing and transferring
patients to the hospital immediately The purpose of this study was to determine the community's
perception of the first treatment in snake bite cases. This type of research is descriptive
quantitative non-experimental. The subjects of this study were 87 people of Mancasan Hamlet who
were male. The technique of collecting data is done by ordinal scale questionnaire. The analysis
technique used is univariate. The results of this study show that the community has a perception
that the first treatment in snake bite cases is in sufficient categories.