Impact of the Use of Simulated Patients in Basic First Aid Training on Laypeople Knowledge, Skills, and Self-efficacy

Objective: To understand high school students’ mastery of first aid knowledge and their needs for first aid training, analyze the influencing factors of their mastery of first aid knowledge, and provide a reference basis for targeted first aid training for high school students. Methods: A total of 930 high school students from three high schools in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, were selected as the research subjects using the convenience sampling method. A self-made questionnaire was used for the survey. SPSS 25.0 software was employed for data description and analysis. Results: The average score for high school students’ mastery of first aid knowledge was (12.23 ± 4.39), with a pass rate of 29.5%. There were significant differences in the correct response rates for each question (4.62% to 92.80%). 92.9% of high school students expressed willingness to participate in first aid training. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that participation in first aid training (not participating in training: OR = 2.524, 95%CI = 1.858–3.428) was an influencing factor for high school students’ mastery of first aid knowledge. Conclusion: High school students have insufficient mastery of first aid knowledge, and the correct response rates need to be improved. It is essential to enhance the popularization of first aid knowledge among high school students and implement diversified training formats and courses.

The study was conducted to reveal the knowledge university students studying sports sciences about first aid and basic life support (CPR). A total of with a mean age of 21.15±2.12 years who reached 803 university students. Data were collected using a questionnaire which consisted of a total of 36 questions under three parts. The questionnaire was prepared based on the 2015 guidelines of the American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council. It was found that 75,6 % of the university students had low level of first aid knowledge, and 99,7 % had low level of basic life support knowledge 83,3% of the university students received first aid training before, and 40 % reported that they received the training two years ago. One significant finding is that the first aid (25,82±14,26) and CPR (45,23±22,88) scores of the university students who considered themselves competent in applying first aid were found to be lower than the others(p<0,05). The first aid knowledge level (56,40±21,12) of those who received applied first aid and CPR training was higher than those who received only theoretical (53,13±21,65) training (p<0,05). The students of the Coaching Education Department gave the highest number of correct answers to the First Aid and CPR questions. Almost all university students (88,4%) stated they wanted to receive first aid and CPR training. Our findings revealed that 90,4% of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching students wanted to receive training, which shows that the students in the teaching programs are more sensitive about first aid and CPR. It was found that the first aid and CPR knowledge level of the university students studying sports sciences were low and, they were aware of this situation. Having received first aid training within the last year and both theoretical and practical training positively affected the level of knowledge.

Aim:The aim of this study is to examine the level of first aid knowledge and attitudes of the personnel working in restaurant establishments in a selected district of stanbul province. Materials and Methods:The sample of the study consists of 44 restaurant/restaurant employees.SPSS 22 Package Program was used to analyze the data.Results: Among participants, 31.8% had first aid knowledge-skills, 15.3% had encountered a tracheal foreign body incident, and 6.9% had intervened.Knowledge-skills specific to tracheal foreign body were present in 28.4%, and 19.3% held a first aid certificate; 59.6% were willing to receive training.Knowledge scores differed significantly by first aid knowledge-skills and by encountering or intervening in such cases.Attitude scores differed significantly by age, workplace position, years of employment, first aid knowledge-skills, prior intervention, and certification status. Conclusion:The rates of having first aid knowledge, skills, and prior intervention experience among restaurant employees were low despite their frontline role in settings where choking incidents are likely to occur.The strong association between higher knowledge and attitude scores and having first aid training or experience indicates that structured education can effectively improve preparedness.Given that most participants were willing to receive training, incorporating regular first aid and basic life support programs into workplace safety policies for the food service sector could strengthen bystander response and reduce preventable deaths from foreign body airway obstruction.

In Indonesia every year, 750,000 children die from accidents and 400 million children are seriously injured. In 2010 child mortality due to accidents, poisoning and trauma in Indonesia was recorded at 7.3% and was one of the five highest causes of child mortality. Accidents can be prevented and can be overcome if the teacher knows what to do to prevent and provide first aid in accidents or medical emergencies. The purpose of this study was to identify the average value of kindergarten teacher knowledge about occupational safety and health (OSH) in the school environment before and after training to improve first aid and OSH knowledge and skills. This type of research is quasy exprimental with one group pre test and post test design research design. The population is all kindergarten teachers in Menganti District, Gresik Regency. The purposive sampling technique was 20 teachers who were representatives of 3 HIMPAUDI clusters. Results of the study Before and after training participants were given a questionnaire aimed at knowing participants' understanding of knowledge and materials about first aid and knowledge of occupational safety and health (OSH). The average knowledge before first aid training was 65.75 while after the training it increased to 89.75.The average knowledge about OSH before training was 61.5 and after training increased to 90. The results of paired test tests obtained p value> 0.005 that is 0.000 which means that there is a very significant mean difference between before and after the provision of first aid and OSH training in school environments . It can be said that the training can increase the knowledge of playgroup teachers who are trainees about first aid knowledge and knowledge about OSH in the school environment. First Aid and OSH training can improve knowledge of kindergarten teachers at Menganti District, Gresik. Keywords: First aid, Ocupational Health and Safety, Knowledge , Kindergarten teacher

BackgroundBystander first aid can improve survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest or trauma. Thus, providing first aid education to laypersons may lead to better outcomes. In this study, we aimed to establish the prevalence and distribution of first aid training in the populace, how often first aid skills are needed, and self-reported helping behaviour.MethodsWe conducted a telephone survey of 1000 respondents who were representative of the Norwegian population. Respondents were asked where and when they had first aid training, if they had ever encountered situations where first aid was necessary, and stratified by occupation. First aid included cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support (BLS). To test theoretical first aid knowledge, respondents were subjected to two hypothetical first aid scenarios.ResultsAmong the respondents, 90% had received first aid training, and 54% had undergone first aid training within the last 5 years. The workplace was the most common source of first aid training. Of the 43% who had been in a situation requiring first aid, 89% had provided first aid in that situation. There were considerable variations among different occupations in first aid training, and exposure to situations requiring first aid. Theoretical first aid knowledge was not as good as expected in light of the high share who had first aid training. In the presented scenarios 42% of respondent would initiate CPR in an unconscious patient not breathing normally, and 46% would provide an open airway to an unconscious road traffic victim. First aid training was correlated with better theoretical knowledge, but time since first aid training was not.ConclusionsA high proportion of the Norwegian population had first aid training, and interviewees reported high willingness to provide first aid. Theoretical first aid knowledge was worse than expected. While first aid is part of national school curriculum, few have listed school as the source for their first aid training.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12873-017-0116-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Wilderness First Responder: Are Skills Soon Forgotten?

Background: With road crashes contributing significantly to national fatalities, enhancing first aid preparedness is crucial. This study focuses on female drivers in Saudi Arabia, a newly emerging group following the 2018 lifting of the driving ban for women. The influx of new drivers underscores the need for essential first aid skills. By assessing knowledge, awareness, and attitudes toward first aid, this study identifies educational gaps and proposes targeted interventions. Female drivers were chosen due to their pivotal role as new participants in the driving landscape and their potential to enhance community safety through improved first aid awareness. Materials &amp; Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 831 female drivers across Saudi Arabia, using self-administered questionnaires distributed via social media. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. The survey assessed participants' knowledge of first aid measures, attitudes toward first-aid training, and personal experiences with emergencies. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27, applying descriptive and inferential statistics to summarise variables and explore associations between demographic factors and first aid knowledge. Results: The study identified substantial gaps in first aid knowledge and training among 831 female drivers in Saudi Arabia, despite 798 (96%) participants recognizing its importance. Only 233 (28%) had formal first aid training, and 345 (42%) knew correct CPR procedures. Key deficiencies included knowledge of bleeding control (308, 37%) and safe removal of injured individuals from vehicles (214, 26%). Confidence in providing first aid was low, with 235 (28%) participants reporting no confidence and only 44 (5%) feeling very confident. Sociodemographic factors, such as age, education, and driving experience, significantly influenced awareness and knowledge scores. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for targeted educational interventions to address key gaps in first aid knowledge among female drivers in Saudi Arabia. Integrating first aid training into the driver’s licensing process and promoting regular public health campaigns can enhance emergency preparedness and road safety. These findings emphasize the importance of policy-driven approaches to ensure that all drivers, especially female drivers, are equipped with essential first aid skills, ultimately contributing to more comprehensive driver education and improved emergency response outcomes.

Background: With road crashes contributing significantly to national fatalities, enhancing first aid preparedness is crucial. This study focuses on female drivers in Saudi Arabia, a newly emerging group following the 2018 lifting of the driving ban for women. The influx of new drivers underscores the need for essential first aid skills. By assessing knowledge, awareness, and attitudes toward first aid, this study identifies educational gaps and proposes targeted interventions. Female drivers were chosen due to their pivotal role as new participants in the driving landscape and their potential to enhance community safety through improved first aid awareness. Materials &amp; Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 831 female drivers across Saudi Arabia, using self-administered questionnaires distributed via social media. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. The survey assessed participants' knowledge of first aid measures, attitudes toward first-aid training, and personal experiences with emergencies. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27, applying descriptive and inferential statistics to summarise variables and explore associations between demographic factors and first aid knowledge. Results: The study identified substantial gaps in first aid knowledge and training among 831 female drivers in Saudi Arabia, despite 798 (96%) participants recognizing its importance. Only 233 (28%) had formal first aid training, and 345 (42%) knew correct CPR procedures. Key deficiencies included knowledge of bleeding control (308, 37%) and safe removal of injured individuals from vehicles (214, 26%). Confidence in providing first aid was low, with 235 (28%) participants reporting no confidence and only 44 (5%) feeling very confident. Sociodemographic factors, such as age, education, and driving experience, significantly influenced awareness and knowledge scores. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for targeted educational interventions to address key gaps in first aid knowledge among female drivers in Saudi Arabia. Integrating first aid training into the driver’s licensing process and promoting regular public health campaigns can enhance emergency preparedness and road safety. These findings emphasize the importance of policy-driven approaches to ensure that all drivers, especially female drivers, are equipped with essential first aid skills, ultimately contributing to more comprehensive driver education and improved emergency response outcomes.

Background: With road crashes contributing significantly to national fatalities, enhancing first aid preparedness is crucial. This study focuses on female drivers in Saudi Arabia, a newly emerging group following the 2018 lifting of the driving ban for women. The influx of new drivers underscores the need for essential first aid skills. By assessing knowledge, awareness, and attitudes toward first aid, this study identifies educational gaps and proposes targeted interventions. Female drivers were chosen due to their pivotal role as new participants in the driving landscape and their potential to enhance community safety through improved first aid awareness. Materials &amp; Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 831 female drivers across Saudi Arabia, using self-administered questionnaires distributed via social media. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. The survey assessed participants' knowledge of first aid measures, attitudes toward first-aid training, and personal experiences with emergencies. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27, applying descriptive and inferential statistics to summarise variables and explore associations between demographic factors and first aid knowledge. Results: The study identified substantial gaps in first aid knowledge and training among 831 female drivers in Saudi Arabia, despite 798 (96%) participants recognizing its importance. Only 233 (28%) had formal first aid training, and 345 (42%) knew correct CPR procedures. Key deficiencies included knowledge of bleeding control (308, 37%) and safe removal of injured individuals from vehicles (214, 26%). Confidence in providing first aid was low, with 235 (28%) participants reporting no confidence and only 44 (5%) feeling very confident. Sociodemographic factors, such as age, education, and driving experience, significantly influenced awareness and knowledge scores. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for targeted educational interventions to address key gaps in first aid knowledge among female drivers in Saudi Arabia. Integrating first aid training into the driver’s licensing process and promoting regular public health campaigns can enhance emergency preparedness and road safety. These findings emphasize the importance of policy-driven approaches to ensure that all drivers, especially female drivers, are equipped with essential first aid skills, ultimately contributing to more comprehensive driver education and improved emergency response outcomes.

Objective To know awareness and training demand of first aid, first aid knowledge and skills to access ways, master status and training status of Hangzhou residents, in order to provide reference for carrying out first aid knowledge and skills training. Methods Descriptive study method and Self-designed questionnaire were used in the investigation. We surveyed five hundreds of Hangzhou residents in a hospital in Hangzhou. Results The awareness and first aid training needs of residents was higher. When they find someone suddenly collapsed to the ground unconscious, 95.80% of residents willing to call for help, 95.20 % of residents considered first aid training is meaningful, ff carried out it, 87.60% of residents willing to participate in. Residents received knowledge of first aid relatively in a simple way, primarily for leisure time reading newspapers, magazines and television which accounted for 69. 80% of all access channels, and through participation in the knowledge of first aid training for people who only 5.40%. Hangzhou residents have a good condition in mastering pre-hospital basic first aid knowledge, but bad in knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Respondents knew that chest cardiac compression position, push frequency, push the depth was 10.20%, 17.00%, 13.40%. Low penetration rate of first-aid training. Past 5 years received the knowledge of first aid education or training related to accounting for 10. 60%. Conclusions For the current state of knowledge of first aid, it is urgent to have a training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for Residents to enhance their cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills. Key words: First aid; Training status; Residents

One of the main tasks in the health care system is the improvement of personnel policy. The qualification of the healthcare workforce is one of the most important components of ensuring the quality of medical care, along with their effective distribution, appropriate number, age structure, and motivation to work, in line with the medical needs of the population. The objective: to assess the level of undergraduate training in the discipline “Otolaryngology” by graduate persons of the specialty “Medicine” and interns of the specialty “Otolaryngology”. Materials and methods. During the study it was determined whether graduates and interns were satisfied with the duration and scope of the training program in the discipline “Otolaryngology”, the level of knowledge and practical skills in otolaryngology obtained at the undergraduate level, and also analyzed the respondents’ desire to improve their knowledge and practical skills after completingh teir studies. 174 graduates of higher education institutions of Ukraine and 103 interns who studied before internship in nine different higher medical educational institutions took part in the study. The respondents were quite young people: the average age of graduates was 22.4±2.3 years, interns – 23.6±1.9 years. During the analysis, sociological, medical-statistical, analytical, generalization, graphic research methods were used. Results. It was found that only 51.1% of graduates were satisfied with the level of theoretical knowledge, 62.1% – with the level of practical skills, 25.6% and 14.0% of graduates were partially satisfied, respectively, and 23.3% and 23.9% persons were dissatisfied, respectively. Only 37.4% of interns were satisfied with the level of theoretical knowledge, 15.9% – with the level of practical skills, partially satisfied – 9.1% and 27.7% of these respondents, respectively, dissatisfied 33.5% and 56.4% of interns, respectively. Data differences in both groups were significant (p &lt; 0.05). All respondents had a desire to improve their knowledge and skills in otolaryngology, most of them – in emergency conditions and inflammatory diseases. Conclusions. The results of the study showed a low level of readiness to provide high-quality medical care in the conditions of real clinical practice by graduates of higher education institutions and interns, which indicates shortcomings in the organization of training and control of knowledge in this discipline at specialized departments and clinical bases.

First aid training in secondary schools: A comparative study and implementation considerations

The challenges presented by traumatic injuries in low-resource communities are especially relevant in South Sudan. This study was conducted to assess whether a 3-day wilderness first aid (WFA) training course taught in South Sudan improved first aid knowledge. Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Schools designed the course to teach people with limited medical knowledge to use materials from their environment to provide life-saving care in the event of an emergency. A pre-test/post-test study design was used to assess first aid knowledge of 46 community members in Kit, South Sudan, according to a protocol approved by the University of New England Institutional Review Board. The course and assessments were administered in English and translated in real-time to Acholi and Arabic, the two primary languages spoken in the Kit region. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and correlation analyses were conducted. Results included a statistically significant improvement in first aid knowledge after the 3-day training course: t(38)=3.94; P<.001. Although men started with more health care knowledge: (t(37)=2.79; P=.008), men and women demonstrated equal levels of knowledge upon course completion: t(37)=1.56; P=.88. This research, which may be the first of its kind in South Sudan, provides evidence that a WFA training course in South Sudan is efficacious. These findings suggest that similar training opportunities could be used in other parts of the world to improve basic medical knowledge in communities with limited access to medical resources and varying levels of education and professional experiences.

Community Senior First Aid training in Western Australia: its extent and effect on knowledge and skills

How much do parents know about first aid for burns?