WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Bayu Akbar Khayudin*, Retty Ratnawati and Asti Melani Astari

ABSTRACT

Background: The phenomenon of administering first aid on the scene to the victims of traffic accidents is rarely done directly by a health worker or a community around the scene as bystanders who are competent. Bystanders are often encountered and provide first aid is a police officer. The purpose of this research is to explore the meaning of the experience police as bystanders in giving First Aid to the victims of traffic accidents in the District of Bojonegoro. Method: Qualitative research designed, interpretive phenomenology approach. Data was collected using an in-depth interview method of semi-structured interview guidelines involving five participants. The results of this research are getting 7 themes; (1) Helping the victims immediately (2) The existence of responsibility as a police to help victims (3) perform first aid according to ability (4) the presence of emotional involvement while acting as a helper accident victims (5) the feel of the infrastructure is not much helped in the handling of victims (6) believe that the police need training as first aid (7) build collaborations with health team. Conclusion: The police realized being the first helper of the accident victim was the responsibility. Helping victims of accidents should be immediately based on their abilities, Supporting facilities and infrastructure are lacking and require first aid training to improve the ability to help. The police hope can cooperation with the health team to save the accident victims at the scene.