First-aid training in school: amount, content and hindrances.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To increase knowledge and competence about first aid in the population, first-aid instruction is included in primary and secondary school curricula. This study aimed to establish how much time is spent on first-aid training, which first-aid measures are taught, and which factors prevent teachers from providing the quantity and quality of first-aid training that they wish to give.

Methods

A questionnaire was distributed to teachers in physical education in primary and secondary schools and to teachers in vocational subjects in higher secondary schools.

Results

The teachers taught a median of two lessons in first aid per year. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was taught by 64% of teachers, free airway and recovery position by 69% and stopping severe bleedi

SUBMITTER: Bakke HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659131 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature