Knowledge and attitude towards first aid management in school teachers

Abstract

First aid comes in the picture because it gives us first and foremost action required to prevent any complication. Compared to all other age group the school going children in a country are exposed to various kinds of health related incidents like, bleeding, Fracture, skin cuts, burn, Heatstroke, etc. which may contribute to higher mortality rate if not treated or not handled initially with appropriate care. Most of these incidents occur when the child is in school, hence it is essential for all the primary school teaches to be trained to handle emergencies in school to prevent further various kinds of life threatening complications. Present study aims to assess the level of knowledge regarding First Aid Management among selected school teachers of Pune City; to assess the Attitude regarding First Aid Management among selected school teachers of Pune City; to find out association between Knowledge score and selected demographic variables and to find out association between Attitude score and selected demographic variables.1 Methodology: A Non-Experimental Descriptive Research Approach was conducted among various schools of Pune City. The selection of sample was based on easy geographical accessibility, cooperation, and availability of samples. The sample size for study was 60, selected by using Non Probability Convenience Sampling Technique from various school of Pune City who met the inclusion criteria. Result: The analysis asserts that 82.66% of the school teachers shows Good knowledge regarding First Aid Management and 13.33% of the school teachers shows average knowledge regarding First Management. About 6.66% of total school teachers were found to have positive attitude towards First aid Management, whereas 88.33% of school teachers shown neutral reaction towards First Aid Management and 5% of the teachers were found to have Negative attitude towards First Aid Management. Conclusion: Knowledge related to First Aid Management among school teachers is found to be good and Attitude towards the same is Neutral. However the study proposes that First Aid Management training should be given to all the school teachers to make school a safer place for children and prevent all the life threatening complication.