Knowledge levels of pre-school teachers related with basic first-aid practices, Isparta sample

• Published in: Turk Pediatri Arsivi Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 238 - 246
• Main Authors: Sönmez, Yonca, Uskun, Ersin, Pehlivan, Azize
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey AVES 01.09.2014; Turkish Pediatrics Association
• Subjects: Education; First aid in illness and injury; Original; Practice; Teachers; Turkey; Knowledge level; first aid; pre-school teacher
• ISSN: 1306-0015; 1308-6278
• DOI: 10.5152/tpa.2014.1581

The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of knowledge of pre-school teachers working in the province center of Isparta related with basic first-aid practices and some factors which affected these levels of knowledge. In this cross-sectional, analytic study, 110 pre-school teachers working in the province center of Isparta constituted the population. A questionnaire questioning sociodemographic properties and the level of knowledge related with first-aid practices was applied under supervision. The level of knowledge was evaluated on a 20-point scale. In the analyses, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests and Spearman's rank correlation were used. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee for Clinical Studies of Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine (registration number: 105). The mean score of first-aid knowledge of the pre-school teachers was found to be 11.9±2.9. The least known issues included washing the wound by soap and water after a dog bite, information related with the necessity of immobilization of a child who has fallen from a high level and the phone number of National Poison Information Center (16.4%, 20.9% and 22.7%, respectively). The scores of the subjects whose knowledge of first-aid was evaluated to be well were higher compared to the subjects whose knowledge of first-aid was evaluated to be moderate (p=0.009) and poor (p=0.001). It was found that first-aid scores did not show significant difference in terms of age, working period, having received first-aid training and having faced with a condition requiring first-aid previously (p>0.05, for all comparisons). It was found that pre-school teachers had insufficient first-aid knowledge. Since the first-aid knowledge scores of the subjects who reported that they received first-aid training before did not show significant difference, it was thought that the quality of training was as important as receiving training.