The level of knowledge of high school students from lubelskie voivodeship about performing first aid

Wysocka Justyna, Pawlicka Marta, Bałabuszek Kamil, Mroczek Anna, Rzońca Patryk, Piecewicz-Szczęsna Halina. The level of knowledge of high school students from lubelskie voivodeship about performing first aid. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(5):70-82. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1237763

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Received: 02.04.2018. Revised: 12.04.2018. Accepted: 30.04.2018.

 

 

 

 

 

The level of knowledge of high school students from lubelskie voivodeship about performing first aid

 

Justyna Wysocka¹, Marta Pawlicka¹, Kamil Bałabuszek¹, Anna Mroczek¹, Patryk Rzońca², Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna³

 

¹Student Research Circle at the Chair and Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin

² Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lublin

³Chair and Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin

 

Corresponding author: Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna, e-mail: h.piecewicz@umlub.pl

ORCID ID:

Justyna Wysocka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-2299

Marta Pawlicka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-979X

Kamil Bałabuszek https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1352-153X

Anna Mroczek https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-5343

Patryk Rzońca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7008-1721

Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0573-7226

 

 

Abstract

Introduction

First aid plays a key role in saving human life. It not only prevents the deterioration of the victim's health, but also determines survival. Every year, thousands of people die of various injuries, car accidents and other critical situations. This figure could be significantly lower if the accident witnesses provided first aid to the victims.

Material and method

Diagnostic survey was selected as the research method, and the research tool was an authorial questionnaire, examining the level of students' knowledge about first aid. It was based on the guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council 2015. The questionnaire consisted of 20 closed single-choice questions and only one of the 4 answers was correct. The obtained results were statistically analyzed using STATISTICA 12 software (StatSoft Polska). For the correlation study the χ² test was used, and the significance level was taken as p<0.05.

Aim

The aim of the study was to verify and compare the level of knowledge concerning first aid among high school and technical secondary school students.

Results

Nearly 63% of people had first aid training and 59.6% of women and 39.7% of men had already been giving first aid. About 40% of the respondents believed that their level of knowledge was at a very good level, where in reality it was much lower.

Conclusions

Unfortunately, the general knowledge of first aid rules is unsatisfactory. The reason for this is a false belief that the acquired knowledge does not require repetition and updating.

 

Keywords: first aid; emergency medicine; resuscitation