title: [Burnt children care procedure: experience in family].
abstract: This study aimed to describe the family experience in the care of the child who got burnt. An exploratory study was conducted in a hospital emergency room in the city of João Pessoa - PB, with ten companions of hospitalized burnt children. The results showed that the thermal agents were the biggest cause of children's burns. The speech of the participants shows that most accidents occurred in the presence of the caregiver, point out some wrong procedures after the accident, while some consider the experience of taking care of burnt children as negative, so highlighting the need for guidance of population as a whole and participation in the care of the burnt child.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Graduação, em Enfermagem, João Pessoa, PB.
authors.forename: Milla Chianca Gomes
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Josilene de Melo Buriti
authors.initials: Jde M
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Iolanda Bezerra da Costa
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Ivanilda Lacerda
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Pedrosa
authors.forename: Alana Tamar Oliveira
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: de Sousa
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans