Journal of Indonesian Medical Emergencies

JKMI or Jurnal Kegawatdaruratan Medis Indonesia (Journal of Indonesian Medical Emergencies) is an electronic journal that accommodates research results in the health sector including emergencies and disasters. Emergency topics include clinical emergencies, disease emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, maternal emergencies, neonatal emergencies and other emergencies, as well as disaster topics related to disaster management and management in both clinical and community settings. JKMI is published in february and august.

List of Papers (Total 49)

Boosting Blood Flow: How Warm Compress Helps Manage Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes

Patients with diabetes can affect cardiac output, such as blood pressure dysfunction. Changes in insulin resistance and hyperglycemia can lead to blood pressure dysfunction and increased cardiac output problems. Warm compresses affect macrovascular function and impact blood pressure in patients. This study analyzed the effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing blood pressure...

The Optimizing Intraoperative Nursing Care: Hypothermia Management in Exploratory Laparotomy for Adhesiolysis and Jejunal Diverticulectomy

Exploratory laparotomy surgery is a procedure that is often found in patients with adhesive obstruction ileus. In the intraoperative phase, exploratory laparotomy takes a long time and exposure to cold environments and anesthetic drugs often causes hypothermia which has an impact on serious complications. The purpose of this study was to analyze intraoperative hypothermia...

From Floods to Trauma: Examining the Link Between Individual Traits and PTSD in Kalibaru, Banyuwangi

The flood disaster has an impact on the community, namely damaged buildings, loss of life, and psychological impacts such as fear, anxiety, sadness, and despair. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between individual characteristics and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in victims of flash floods in Krajan and Tegal Pakis Hamlets, Kalibaru District...

Breathe Better: The Role of Pursed Lips Breathing Therapy in Chronic Bronchitis Patients

Chronic bronchitis is an inflammatory disease of the bronchial respiratory tract that lasts more than 3 months or several times in 2 years. Symptoms in patients with chronic bronchitis can affect breathing patterns, including dyspnea, respiratory frequency, depth of breathing, and oxygen saturation. Providing Pursed Lip Breathing therapy can create resistance to the air coming...

Enhancing Students' Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness Through Comic Media Health Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Background: Indonesia is located in the Ring of Fire area at the meeting point between the Eurasian Plate, the Indonesia-Australian Plate, and the Pacific Plate. This meeting was the source of the megathrust earthquake in the East Java region. This makes Indonesia vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis along the southern coast of Java. As a vulnerable group to facing potential...

Enhancing Foot Sensitivity in Diabetes Mellitus Patients: The Impact of Diabetic Foot Exercises

Physical activity is an essential way for people with Diabetes Mellitus, especially in dealing with increased sensitivity of the foot. Diabetic foot gymnastics is an exercise performed by DM patients to prevent injuries, help smooth blood circulation, and increase foot sensitivity. The study was designed as a one-group pre and post-test design. The study was conducted on 22-26...

Evaluating the Ineffectiveness of Chest Physiotherapy in Airway Clearance for Pneumonia Patients in the Hospital

Pneumonia is a respiratory disorder that commonly affects children. It is often characterized by weakened vesicular breath sounds, along with fine and coarse crackles, which can lead to ineffective airway clearance. Chest physiotherapy is one of the treatments administered to pneumonia patients with impaired oxygenation. This study aims to describe the application of chest...

Application of Back Massage Therapy to Prevent Pressure Sores in Patients with Decreased Consciousness: A Case Study

Patients with neurological disorders, especially those with reduced consciousness, will experience a decrease in their ability to mobilize. Patients who experience decreased ability to mobilize for a long time are at risk of developing pressure sores. The presence of pressure in the protruding bone area causes pressure sores that block blood flow and cause injury to necrosis of...

Ventilator Weaning Difficulties in ICU: A Study on VAP Patients with Post-Tracheostomy, Thoracic Trauma, and Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury

Ventilator weaning failure is an inability to adapt to reduced mechanical ventilator assistance, which can slow down and prolong the weaning process. Ventilator weaning failure is characterized by increased respiratory rate, use of respiratory muscles, gasping breath, out-of-synchronization efforts to assist breathing and ventilator support, shallow breathing, agitation, and...

Managing Postoperative Pain: The Role of Guided Imagery Therapy in Supravaginal Hysterectomy Patients with Uterine Myoma

Myoma uteri are benign tumors that grow both inside and outside the uterus that are not malignant but can cause pain to those who have them. Management of uterine myoma is by surgery. Surgery is closely related to an incision in the skin, which can cause a feeling of pain in the patient. One of the non-pharmacology techniques that can be used to reduce the pain scale is guided...

Diabetic Foot Exercise to Reduce High Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetes Mellitus Patient: A Case Study

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder in the pancreas organ so that sugar levels increase due to a decrease in the amount of insulin in the pancreas. Therapeutic management pharmacology, namely administering insulin and administering oral hypoglycemic drugs, while non-pharmacological includes health education, diet, and exercise or physical training such as diabetes foot...

The Identification of Quality Of Life in Glaucoma Patients at Balung Regional Hospitals

Glaucoma is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder of the optic nerve characterized by an increased IOP and progressive. The main threat to patients with visual impairment is the gradual loss of vision. Decreased vision function in glaucoma patients and inability to adapt to changes in body functions will have an impact on the ability to carry out daily activities and will affect...

The Effectiveness of Chest Physiotherapy for Pneumonia Patients with Ineffective Airway Clearance Problems in Intensive Care Unit

In patients with decreased consciousness and a respirator installed in intensive care unit room, it causes obstruction to discharge of secretions. Excessive accumulation of secretions in the airways can obstruct the airways and cause the patient to experience dyspnea. These conditions can cause ineffective airway hygiene problems. Ineffective airway clearance problems may occur...

The Implementation of Guided Dhikr Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in Close Fractures Patients

Patients with fracture conditions often experience complaints of excessive anxiety, where anxiety is felt due to the pain that is felt and the provision of invasive or surgical action plans. Preoperative patients will certainly feel excessive anxiety. Feelings of anxiety will cause stress and cause nursing problems, namely anxiety. Dhikr therapy is a non-pharmacological therapy...

Early Adults Coping Skills and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder After Eruption of Semeru Mountain: a Cross-sectional Study

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. This study aims to analyze the relationship between coping skills and post-traumatic stress disorder after the eruption of Mount Semeru in early adults in Sumber Wuluh Village, Lumajang. Using a cross sectional study method, the subjects of...

Application of Brisk Walking Exercise to Blood Pressure for Hypertension Patients in Joyotakan, Surakarta

Background: Hypertension is a common chronic disease worldwide commonly known as high blood pressure. Hypertension is a chronic state characterized by increased blood pressure on the walls of arterial arteries. The percentage of hypertensive cases in central Java is 37.57%. One of the nonpharmacological therapies hypertensive is brisk walking exercise. Brisk walking exercise is...

Application of Murottal Al-Quran Therapy on The Hallucination Scores of Hearing Hallucination Patients in Dr. RM. Soedjarwadi Psychiatric Hospital Klaten

Background: Auditory hallucinations are hallucinations that would listen to voices and could threaten the patient in giving commands. In schizophrenic patients with hallucinations experience auditory hallucinations by 70%, then those with visual hallucinations are found by 20% and those with sense of smell and shuttle hallucinations are 10%. Purpose: To find out how the...

Murattal Therapy Reduces the Anxiety of Patients Treated in the Intensive Care Unit of a Hospital

Patients treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can experience anxiety due to the conditions they experience and the care environment. Untreated anxiety can affect physiological changes or the patient's hemodynamic status, resulting in worsening conditions. Nursing interventions based on Indonesian nursing intervention standards (SIKI) using murattal therapy can be used to...

Diabetic Foot Exercises for Hyperglycemia in Diabetes Mellitus Patient: A Case-Study

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by increased blood sugar levels which occurs because the pancreas is unable to secrete insulin. Symptoms of diabetes mellitus cases are increased blood glucose levels, one action to overcome this is diabetes foot exercises. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of diabetes mellitus foot exercises in reducing...

The Relationship of Body Weight, Exclusive Breastfeeding, MP-ASI and Energy Intake with Stunting in Toddlers

The incidence of stunting in toddlers is a global nutritional problem. Stunting causes delays in fine motor and gross motor development, increases morbidity and mortality rates, and increases the risk of metabolic disorders in adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between body weight, exclusive breastfeeding, MP-ASI (weaning foods) and energy intake...

Effect of Brisk Walking Exercise on Blood Sugar Levels in Prolanis Members at Community Health Center

Many diabetes mellitus sufferers still lack regular physical activity. Physical activity such as brisk walking can be a form of exercise that effectively controls blood sugar levels. This study aims to determine the effect of brisk walking on random blood sugar levels in Prolanis in the Kesamben Community Health Center working area, Jombang Regency. The research design uses a pre...

Active Cycle of Breathing Technique: The Right Choice for Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Problem

Background: Management of secretions is one of the main problems faced in the medical condition of respiratory disorders. the use of complementary therapy techniques to treat airway clearance such as the active cycle of breathing technique is still low when compared with other interventions in treating respiratory problems. Aims: The research aims to determine the effectiveness...

Combination of Chest Physiotherapy and Postural Drainage for Airway Clearance in Bronchopneumonia: A Case Study

Background: Respiratory diseases such as bronchopneumonia contribute to the highest cause of death in children aged less than two years. Airway clearance becomes a problem due to the accumulation of secretions, resulting in airway obstruction. Independent nursing interventions such as chest physiotherapy can be carried out to free the airway and reduce the burden of breathing...

Implementation of Passive Leg Movement on Blood Pressure in Post-Op Laparatomy Exploration Patient

Background: Management of secretions is one of the main problems faced in the medical condition of respiratory disorders. The use of complementary therapy techniques to treat airway clearance such as the active cycle of breathing technique is still low when compared with other interventions in treating respiratory problems. Aims: The research aims to determine the effectiveness...

The Impact of 30-Degree Head-Up Position on Cerebral Perfusion in Moderate Brain Injury Patients

Background: Nursing problems in brain injury patients include the risk of ineffective perfusion due to reduced oxygen flow to the brain, which, if not treated immediately, will increase intracranial pressure (ICP). One way to increase ICP is with 30-degree head-up position intervention. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the application of 30-degree Head Up Position on...