The knowledge of teachers as a key factor in providing first aid in primary schools

  • Kovačič U
  • Lozić A
  • Slabe D
  • et al.
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Background: In addition to home, school is the second most important living environment in a child’s life. Injuries that most often occur in school and on the school playground are the primary cause for the death of children. In case of sudden health problems in schools, teachers are usually the first to be at a child’s side. We were interested in how well teachers in primary schools are familiar with first aid measures in selected health cases. Methods: Collecting of data in the framework of the descriptive method of research was conducted with an anonymous survey questionnaire using the online program 1ka. One hundred and ninety-two teachers filled in the survey questionnaire in its entirety. Results: Teachers have a lack of theoretical knowledge of first aid in life-threatening situations. In four of the nine questions on the selected first aid measures, the teachers who teach at the upper level of primary school showed statistically significantly poorer knowledge compared to the teachers who teach at the lower level of primary school. Conclusions: Teachers at the lower level who teach in the early stage of the education system displayed better theoretical knowledge of first aid. This may be the result of a difference in their educational role during the schooling of an individual pupil. While a lower-level teacher who is associating with the particular pupil all day long is involved in the general education of the pupil, the teacher at a higher-level teaches a specific subject and only has contact with a certain pupil a few hours a week. Theoretical knowledge is only a basic prerequisite for performing first aid, practical skills are required as well. It is essential that teachers in primary school renew and upgrade their knowledge of first aid, as doctrinal guidance changes and first aid knowledge is also forgotten. If teachers are responsible for the practical performance of first aid measures on an injured or suddenly ill child, the school principals are responsible for ensuring the conditions for the implementation of these measures, including the provision of training for their employees.Uvod: Uz dom, škola je druga najvažnija djetetova životna okolina. Ozljede koje se najčešće događaju u školi i na školskom igralištu glavni su uzrok smrti u djece. U slučaju iznenadnih zdravstvenih problema u školi učitelji su obično prvi koji su uz dijete. Zanimalo nas je koliko su učitelji u osnovnim školama upoznati s mjerama pružanja prve pomoći u određenim zdravstvenim slučajevima. Metode: Prikupljanje podataka deskriptivnom metodom provedeno je s pomoću anonimnog anketnog upitnika putem online programa 1ka. Upitnik su u cijelosti ispunila 192 nastavnika. Rezultati: Učitelji nemaju teoretsko znanje prve pomoći u situacijama opasnima po život. U četiri od devet pitanja o odabranim mjerama pružanja prve pomoći učitelji u višim razredima osnovne škole pokazali su statistički značajno slabije znanje u odnosu na učitelje u nižim razredima osnovne škole. Zaključci: Učitelji u nižim razredima osnovne škole koji predaju u ranom stadiju obrazovnog sustava pokazali su bolje teoretsko znanje prve pomoći. To može biti posljedica razlike u njihovoj obrazovnoj ulozi tijekom školovanja učenika. Dok učitelj u nižim razredima cijeli dan provede s učenikom i uključen je u opće obrazovanje učenika, učitelj u višim razredima predaje jedan određeni predmet i dolazi u kontakt s učenikom samo nekoliko sati tjedno. Teoretsko znanje samo je osnovni preduvjet za pružanje prve pomoći, za to su potrebne i praktične vještine. Bitno je da nastavnici u osnovnoj školi obnove i usavrše svoje znanje prve pomoći, jer se smjernice mijenjanju i znanje se prve pomoći zaboravlja. Ako su nastavnici odgovorni za pružanje mjera prve pomoći ozlijeđenom ili iznenada oboljelom djetetu, ravnatelji su odgovorni za osiguravanje uvjeta za provedbu tih mjera, uključujući i osiguranje edukacije za svoje zaposlenike.

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Kovačič, U., Lozić, A., Slabe, D., & Starc, A. (2019). The knowledge of teachers as a key factor in providing first aid in primary schools. Journal of Applied Health Sciences, 5(1), 17–29. https://doi.org/10.24141/1/5/1/2

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