International Research in Healthcare
and Nursing A cross-sectional
assessment of Knowledge and attitudes
of primary schools’ teachers towards
first aid of children: A step for injuries
prevention in Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Sara A. alzherei, 1Bushra A. Alharbi, 1
Emtenan F. Almogaiteeb., 1
Eitedal S. Alofi,
1Anwar N. Althawadi, 1Bashayer G. AL-mutairi, 1Reem A. Alharbi.
2Hanan M. M.Tork
1
Intern nursing student, College of nursing, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
2Associate prof. of pediatric nursing, College of Nursing, Qassim University,
Saudi Arabia
,Abstract: School is the second home for children and at school there’s a whole new
set up of challenges. Parents
when they drop their children off school they totally rely on the teachers as the
second parents in the institute, they
fully believe that their children will be cared for. Various activities are developed at
school, so it is suitable place
for accidents to happen and First aid is a basic need there. Hence teachers are fully
responsible to prevent any
harm to the student, therefore, they have to be filled with knowledge & practice of
first aid.
Objectives: The study aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes of primary
schoolteachers towards first aid in
Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.
Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience
sample of 700 primary schools’
teachers from primary schools in 18 provinces at Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.
validated questionnaire was
applied for data collection. The questionnaire included three parts: part 1 had
Sociodemographic details of the
participants, part 2 had items related to Knowledge, and attitude regarding first aid
skills was included in part
three. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23.
Results: It was found that 79.9% of participants received first-aid knowledge and
the main sources of their
information were from experience and internet. The mean score of knowledge
about the first aid of the population
was found to be 17.36. It was found that teachers who have good knowledge of
first aid are 87.6%. With regards
to teachers' attitudes towards first aid, the results showed that 91.4% of the teachers
had a positive attitude
, toward first aid.
Keywords: first aid, teachers, training, safety, accident, injury prevention.
1. INTRODUCTION
School lifestyle is an essential phase of the students’ life, which has a direct impact
on their physical and mental health
(Qureshi et al., 2018). Each year, schools all over the world suffer from accidents
ranging from small to large damaging
accidents that seriously affect the operation of the school (Mersal and Aly 2016),
Study demonstrated that greater part of
school related injuries happened in school play area, during physical exercises, on
school building, while at the same time
going or returning from the school. (Ganfure and Ameya,2018). Students are prone
to injuries and accidents, which may
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range from minor accidents to severe accidents ensuing in bleeding and fractures,
thus the first-aid management becomes
as vital as taking students to a medical facility (Qureshi et al., 2018).
Emergency situation can be detected everywhere and every time on the road, house
or even in the learning institutes.
School children are more prone of sudden injuries and accidents because they’re in
their active hours especially breaks
after classes (De Lima Rodrigues et al., 2015), The essential responsibility for a
student’s health is the family; however,
