scholarly journals A review on awareness of first aid among students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-89
Author(s):  
Gitumoni Konwar ◽  
Nirmali Gogoi ◽  
Anusuya Goswami ◽  
Bidyashori Konjengbam
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Life Support ◽  
First Aid ◽  
World Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Health Organization

Knowledge of first aid, which constitutes life-saving treatments for injuries or unexpected illnesses, is important for every individual at every age. First aid and basic life support are so important that teaching basic first aid should be compulsory in all schools. According to world health organization (WHO), injuries related to traffic accidents were ninth among the first 10 causes of global disease burden in 1990. They are expected to be ranked in third place after ischemic cardiac disease and unipolar major depression in 2020. Basic first aid training prepares students to react to situations and provide immediate, efficient management for a wide variety of incidents. Providing of knowledge and training about correct management of injuries and illnesses to students is important to improve their health knowledge which in turn may lead to healthy and save life. It is necessary to strengthen school health services through full participation of teachers and educators, providing them training sessions and update them by regularly interacting with them. Literature demonstrates that the widespread dissemination of first aid may have benefits for injury prevention in terms of reducing traffic crashes, lowering rates of workplace incidents, and increasing safety awareness. The present study revealed a perceived need for knowledge regarding first aid among school students and thus advocates that first-aid education should be made compulsory in school syllabus. It is reasonable to conclude that the ultimate goal of the first aid is neither to treat, nor to diagnose, but to stabilize the patient.

THE RELEVANCE OF OPTIMIZING THE APPROACH TO TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS IN FIRST AID MEASURES

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
I. Lovchikova ◽  
A. Chursin ◽  
A. Zhuromsraya
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
First Aid ◽  
World Health ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level

This article develops the idea of the need to use new methods in training police officers in first aid measures to increase their motivational and professional readiness to provide first aid at the scene. The current statistics of road traffic accidents (road accidents) are analyzed in the context of the number of injured and dead, world according to the World Health Organization (WHO), local according to the federal bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The relevance of making changes to the first aid training programs for organizations with a high level of exposure to production factors is considered by the example of police officers in the context of accident statistics and survey data of police officers in the context of first aid to victims at the scene.

EMPOWERMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ESTABLISHING A SAFE COMMUNITY: PROMOTIVE EFFORTS TO CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN LAMONGAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Erna Dwi Wahyuni ◽  
Arina Qona'ah ◽  
Sriyono Sriyono
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Life Support ◽  
First Aid ◽  
School Students ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Control And Management ◽  
Safe Community

Introduction: Traffic accidents can have an impact both physically, psychologically, and socially. People still have low awareness and knowledge both in driving and in providing first aid to victims of traffic accidents. Students can become one of the human resources that can be used to provide education to the community or their group regarding the control and handling of past accidents.Methods: The method used is through education and training which includes safety riding and first aid. Extension activities were carried out online by using the zoom while training activities were carried out offline at SMA N 2 Lamongan. The training materials provided to students include basic life support, and splints, and ambulation. The training is carried out using lectures, demonstrations - simulations, and discussions. Media for delivering technology is also prepared, namely in the form of materials and props.Results: The students' knowledge of first aid before the activity was less than 23 people (69.69%), enough for 8 people (24.24%), and good for 2 people (6.06%). While the knowledge after the activity is less than 1 person (3.03%), only 16 people (48.48%) and good 16 people (48.48%). The results of the pre-test and post-test showed an increase in students' knowledge about first aid.Conclusion: Efforts to establish a safe community can be done by involving students as one of the components of society which is expected to become agents of change in controlling and handling traffic accidents.Keywords: safety riding, safe community, promotive, accident first aid

scholarly journals Basic first aid and life support: are the schools prepared? a descriptive study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2261
Author(s):  
Mayuri Verma ◽  
Sunil Agrawal ◽  
Palack Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
First Aid Training

Background: First aid is the immediate assistance provided to a sick or injured. Children spend most of their daytime in schools and are at greater risk of accidents and injuries. National disaster management guidelines 2016 recommends that school teachers and students be trained in first aid and basic life support (BLS). This study was undertaken in schools to assess the awareness of high school students and teachers about first aid and BLS, accompanied by demonstration and hands-on training.Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study. All students of class 11th and 12th and teachers of three cantonment schools in New Delhi were included. Knowledge was assessed using a questionnaire comprising 20 multiple choice questions. 377 questionnaires were analyzed.Results: Mean knowledge score=10.96, SD=2.87. 67.6% participants had a score <12 (60%), 29 (7.7%) had good knowledge, 214 (56.8%) average (11-15) and 107 (35.5%) poor (≤10).Conclusions: There was low level of awareness about correct first aid and BLS. First aid training should be incorporated as a part of school curriculum. Repeated reinforcement of knowledge and skills is essential.

Medical Students Can be Trained to be Life-Saving First Aid Instructors for Laypeople: A Feasibility Study from Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 604-609
Author(s):  
Anas Ismail ◽  
Maisara AlRayyes ◽  
Mohammed Shatat ◽  
Rajai Al Hafi ◽  
Hanne Heszlein-Lossius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Life Support ◽  
First Aid ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
School Students ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Training Impact

AbstractIntroduction:Bystanders can improve the outcome in emergencies by activating the “chain of survival.” Gaza’s (Palestine) population has little, if any, access to training in Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The goal was to recruit local medical students to be life-saving first aid instructors, and have them train 3,000 laypeople in BLS and CPR.Methods:One hundred and seventeen medical students from Al Azhar University-Gaza (Gaza City, Palestine) were trained as BLS and CPR instructors. Twelve training hours were delivered in practical BLS and CPR skills, plus four in communication and didactical skills, to enable training of laypeople. Students answered a questionnaire exploring demographics, prior training experience, expectations, and motivation to join the training. Teaching material were developed after the European Resuscitation Council (ERC; Niel, Belgium) guidelines and similar training at The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø, Norway).Results:A total of 117 medical students (52.1% female; 47.9% male), from third through sixth year, completed training, and all were in their early twenties. Ninety-five (81.2%) agreed to answer the questionnaire. Of those, five students lost family members during Israeli military operations. Eighty-two (70.1%) never had hands-on first aid training. Seventy-six (80.0%) hoped the training would improve their community’s response to emergencies. With 58 training sessions completed, 1,312 laypeople (596 males; 716 females) were trained: 5.52 lay trainees per student instructor. The majority (n = 1,012; 77.1%) were school students aged 13–20 years.Conclusion:It is feasible to recruit local medical students for practical BLS and CPR trainings targeting laypeople in communities under stress. The training impact on local resilience and patients’ outcomes need further studies.

SCHOOL STUDENTS HEALTH PROBLEMS IN LIFE SPAN : A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
Binda Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
World Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Health Organization

There are many diseases or health issues that commonly occur among Indians like Infectious, contagious and waterborne diseases such as typhoid, infectious hepatitis, diarrhea, worm infestations, measles, whooping cough, respiratory infections, malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia etc. India is a country which is quite infamous for its sanitation and cleanliness. The chaotic waste management system and urban planning is responsible for the overowing gutters and scattered waste. School students has to suffer a lot because of this mismanagement. To add to the poor sanitary conditions, the population load is increasing each day. This has resulted in slums and poverty. The poor and unhealthy living is the primary cause for many health disorders (Mehta, 2014). The goals of the School Students Health problems continue to focus on disease prevention and health promotion, but have areas of expanded focus. First, the goals emphasize quality of life, wellbeing, and functional capacity—all important wellness considerations. Consistent with national health goals for the new millennium, this book is designed to aid all school students adopting healthy lifestyles that will allow them to achieve lifetime health, tness and wellness. This emphasis is based on the World Health Organization statement that “It is counterproductive to evaluate development of programs without considering their impact on the quality of life of the community. School Students can no longer maintain strict, articial divisions between physical and mental well-being (World Health Organization, 1995).” Second, the new national health goals take the “bold step” of trying to “eliminate” health disparities as opposed to reducing them as outlined in Healthy School Students.

scholarly journals Driver Distraction Identification with an Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham M. Eraqi ◽  
Yehya Abouelnaga ◽  
Mohamed H. Saad ◽  
Mohamed N. Moustafa
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Driver Distraction ◽  
World Health ◽  
Skin Segmentation ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 1.25 million deaths yearly due to road traffic accidents worldwide and the number has been continuously increasing over the last few years. Nearly fifth of these accidents are caused by distracted drivers. Existing work of distracted driver detection is concerned with a small set of distractions (mostly, cell phone usage). Unreliable ad hoc methods are often used. In this paper, we present the first publicly available dataset for driver distraction identification with more distraction postures than existing alternatives. In addition, we propose a reliable deep learning-based solution that achieves a 90% accuracy. The system consists of a genetically weighted ensemble of convolutional neural networks; we show that a weighted ensemble of classifiers using a genetic algorithm yields a better classification confidence. We also study the effect of different visual elements in distraction detection by means of face and hand localizations, and skin segmentation. Finally, we present a thinned version of our ensemble that could achieve 84.64% classification accuracy and operate in a real-time environment.

scholarly journals Population-Based Study of the Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hand Hygiene Behaviors—Polish Adolescents’ COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Głąbska ◽  
Dominika Skolmowska ◽  
Dominika Guzek
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
World Health ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
School Students ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Health Organization

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and other major authorities recommend frequent hand washing and applying proper hand hygiene procedures as one of the cheapest, easiest, and most important ways to prevent the spread of a virus. For adolescents it is especially important as it should become for them a lifelong habit. The aim of the study was to assess the hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a national Polish sample of secondary school adolescents and to verify the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on those behaviors. The study was conducted in April 2020 in a national sample of 2323 secondary school students recruited based on secondary school sampling procedure (random quota sampling with quotas for voivodeships). The hand hygiene behaviors that were assessed included: frequency of washing hands, reasons for not washing hands, circumstances of washing hands, and procedure of handwashing. Participants were asked each question twice—for the current period of the COVID-19 pandemic and for the period before the COVID-19 issue. The declared frequency of washing hands during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly higher than before (p < 0.0001), as the majority of respondents declared doing it 6–15 times a day (58.4%) while before the pandemic, it was 3–10 times a day (68.1%). The share of respondents declaring washing their hands always while it would be needed was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic (54.8%) than it was for the period before (35.6%; p < 0.0001), and there was a lower share of respondents declaring various reasons for not washing hands. For the majority of circumstances of washing hands, including those associated with meals, personal hygiene, leaving home, socializing, health, and household chores, the share of respondents declaring always washing their hands was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic than for the period before (p < 0.0001). For the majority of steps of handwashing procedure, the share of respondents declaring including them always was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic than for the period before (p < 0.0001), but a higher share declared not wearing a watch and bracelet (p = 0.0006), and rings (p = 0.0129). It was concluded that during the COVID-19 pandemic all the assessed hand hygiene behaviors of Polish adolescents were improved, compared with those before, but hand hygiene education is still necessary.

scholarly journals (A100) Building Local Resilience and Competencies in Remote Haitian Communities

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s27-s27
Author(s):  
R. Gore ◽  
C.M. Bloem ◽  
B. Arquilla ◽  
P. Roblin
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Training Model ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
First Aid Training

Injury and trauma are major causes of premature deaths worldwide. At present, Haiti does not have an existing emergency medical system. Basic first responders training was developed for lay people and medical professionals in rural Haiti.MethodsThe training was conducted in Terrier Rouge, Haiti. Participants included medical professionals, laborers, health professionals, teachers, students, and truck drivers from six towns in northeastern Haiti. A three-day training course taught by U.S. board certified emergency medicine physicians was instituted. Basic life support (BLS), first aid, and BLS/first aid instructors courses were taught based on the American and Canadian Heart Associations curriculum. The BLS/first aid instructors course was limited to health professionals, whereas the first aid course was open to all members of the community. The program included the development of local teaching tools and manuals translated to local languages. Twelve newly trained local Haitian instructors assisted in the final day of training.ResultsThe course was well received by participants. A total of 54 people completed the BLS course, 67 completed the first aid course, and 12 participants completed the BLS/first aid instructors course. Ninty-five program participants completed the end of course survey. Forty-four of the participants were male, 49 were female, and 2 did not answer. Forty-one participants had no prior BLS/first aid training or exposure. The ages of participants ranged from 13 to 52 years. The course participants included two physicians, 22 students, eight nursing students, seven nurses, 20 teachers, 12 health workers, five drivers, and 14 laborers. Of those surveyed, 92 stated they would recommend this course to a friend. Eighty-eight participants stated that hands on learning helped them better learn the course material.ConclusionThis sustainable, locally controlled training model increased local skill level for basic first responders in rural Haiti.

scholarly journals Awareness, attitudes and practices of first aid among school teachers in Mangalore, south India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Joseph ◽  
Thanneermalai Narayanan ◽  
Saifuddin bin Zakaria ◽  
Abhishek Venugopal Nair ◽  
Lavina Belayutham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Knowledge ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Medical Emergencies ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice ◽  
Competency Level

INTRODUCTION: Circumstances requiring medical attention are common at schools. Teachers are often the first individuals to witness and handle situations requiring first aid and medical emergencies. AIM: To determine awareness, attitudes and practices of school teachers and the facilities available at schools with respect to administration of first aid. METHODS: Data were obtained from 146 teachers in nine schools in Mangalore, India, using a self-administered questionnaire. The schools were also inspected for first aid equipment and facilities. RESULTS: Only 69 (47%) teachers had received first aid training previously. Poor and moderate knowledge of first aid was observed among 19 (13%) and 127 (87%) teachers, respectively. Only eight teachers knew the correct procedure for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Most teachers 96 (66%) were willing to administer first aid if provided with the required training. A total of 74 teachers reported having practised first aid in response to a situation arising at their school. Wounds (36%) and syncopal attack (23%) were among the commonly encountered situations requiring first aid management at schools. Teachers? confidence level in administering first aid was significantly associated with prior training in first aid (p=0.001). First aid kits were available in only five of the nine schools surveyed. DISCUSSION: The current competency level among teachers in Mangalore to administer first aid is inadequate. Measures need to be taken at schools to ensure initiation of first aid training followed by periodic training for teachers in first aid. KEYWORDS: First aid; health knowledge, attitudes, practice; India; schools

scholarly journals Nutritional and Oral Health Conditions in High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Luis Alejandro Aguilera-Galaviz MSc, PhD ◽  
Berenice Hernández-Vázquez DDS ◽  
Silverio Frausto-Esparza DDS ◽  
Cristal Yurixie Díaz-Rosas DDS, MSc ◽  
César Gaitán-Fonseca MSc, PhD
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Normal Body Mass Index ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
School Students ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Health Organization

To describe the relationship of oral diseases and nutritional status in high school students. A total of 203 high school students were evaluated nutritionally and orally according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A descriptive analysis, frequency, average tables, and a statistical analysis (Spearman correlation test) were performed with SPSS ver. 22 statistical software for Windows. Nutritionally, 146 students showed a normal Body Mass Index (BMI), six had malnutrition, 41 had overweight, and 10 had obesity. In the oral evaluation, the average number of caries was 3.08 ± 2.78, malnutrition showed 3.6, overweight 2.75, and obesity, 2.9. The risk of caries can be increases the greater the age, height, weight, skin-fold thickness, and periodontal disease. There is no significant statistical correlation between oral diseases and nutritional issues; however, qualitative analyses of patients with dental loss or oral diseases express significant deficiencies in their nutritional health.  

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