Teenager Response to the Conditions of Basic Level Emergency: A Phenomenology Study

Emergency events are occurred quickly, suddenly, impacting anyone and difficult to be predicted. The ability of basic emergency services is an obligation that must be skilled by everyone, not only health workers. Teenagers are the frontline in handling emergencies among society. This research was conducted to qualitatively analyze the understanding of basic level emergency action among teenagers. The descriptive phenomenology design was used in this study to obtain data via in-depth interviews conducted to 15 participants that have experiences in handling emergency events in their past. The Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was chosen to analyze the result of obtained data. Result showed that there were four identified thematic areas in the understanding basic emergency action namely the knowledge of emergency handling, the experience in handling emergency situations, the feelings when handling emergency situations and the meaning of handling emergency situations. Specific themes indicating that teenagers obtain their knowledge in handling emergency situation from various methods. The thematic area of teenagers feeling suggested that they are feeling happy while helping others.