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Most seizures in children occur outside the hospital and effective first aid would protect individuals from harm. Study assessed the knowledge, attitude and home-based interventions for childhood seizures.Methodology: This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted from 1stJune to 31stDecember, 2021 among caregivers of patients in a Paediatric outpatient clinic. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to assess knowledge, attitude, and home intervention of childhood seizures. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24 and results presented as frequency tables, percentages and charts. P-values < 0.05 were considered significant.Results: Out of 218 respondents, the commonest source of information on childhood seizures was from friends and relatives 126(73.2%). Fever was the commonest known cause. Only 15(6.9%) recognized seizure as a neurological disorder. Jerking of the body and clenchingof the teeth were the commonest recognizable symptoms. The majority said seizures were contagious (176(80.7%) and children with seizures should not go to school 187(85.8%). The overall knowledge score was poor. Negative attitudes included avoidance 19(8.7%), isolation from playing with peers (15(6.9%) and from the public 17(7.8%). Common interventions during seizures were putting palm kernel oil in the mouth while only 25(29.4%) took the child to the hospital or laid him down away from harmful objects 25(29.4%). The practice of home intervention for seizures was good in only 11(5.0%) of respondents
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Humans , Seizures , Attitude to Health , Cross-Sectional Studies , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Crisis Intervention , First AidABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the status quo of first aid knowledge of students from non-medical naval academies, so as to provide references for designing first aid training program for them. Methods: Using convenience sampling, we investigated 342 students from 4 non-medical naval universities using anonymous questionnaire from Sep. 2017 to Dec. 2017. Results: A total of 342 questionnaires were returned, with a recovery rate of 100%. And there were 327 questionnaires were valid, with a valid rate of 95.61%. The median first aid knowledge score was 9 (7, 10) for the participants when the total score was 18. The median scores of first aid skills (total 5), treatment of common emergencies and traumas (total 6), and management of environmental emergencies (total 7) were 2 (2, 3), 3 (2, 4) and 3 (3, 4), respectively. There was a significant difference in the mastery of first aid knowledge among students from different non-medical academies (P0.05). Totally 83.79% (274/327) of the respondents thought it was necessary to learn first aid knowledge, and 90.21% (295/327) hoped to learn first aid knowledge through face-to-face teaching. Conclusion: The first aid knowledge among non-medical naval students is poor, and there is a lack of effective education and a long-term training mechanism needs to be established.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The study aims to investigate the cognition degree and influencing factors of first aid knowledge among dentists in Sichuan province, and to provide suggestions for the training of oral clinician.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A questionnaire was designed for this study. It included the basic situation of population, first aid knowledge level, emergency situation often encountered in stomatology clinic, first aid training situation, learning approach and attitude of first aid knowledge, etc. This questionnaire was used to investigate the dentists of medical institutions in various cities in Sichuan province. The survey results was statistical analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were 245 valid questionnaires. 1) The level of first aid knowledge of dentists was generally lower in Sichuan province. Work department and other departments work experience were the influencing factors of knowledge level of first aid knowledge among dentists. 2) 87.3% of dentists believed that it was very necessary to master the knowledge of first aid, but in the event of an emergency situation, 73.5% of dentists only can find other doctors to guide themselves to help. 3) The most common way to learn first aid knowledge was through work experience and medical school's first aid course.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Dentists should strengthen the learning and training to improve the first aid skill.</p>
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Obej ctive To inev stigate the situation of hands only cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR) and training effectiveness of CPR in middle school students.Methods By the principle of random stratified cluster sampling,7 687 middle school students in Changsha city were trained on hands only CPR through the scene theoyr teaching and anthropom orphic dummy in this study.The training content icn lued d who was rescued by CPR, whne pait ne ts require CPR,h ow logn cna causei rreversible brain damage, the stna dardized process fo CPR,the position of CP R,the depth of CPR,and the ratios of breath-to-compression. We analyzed the middle school students′awareness of hands only CPR know ledge before and after the train-ing,investigated the middle school studne ts′willign ness and way to accept knowledge of first aid.Re sulst All of 7 687 middle scoh ol students inC hangsha cti y received questionnaire us rvey and trained on hands only CPR,including 3 778(49.15%) boys and 3 909 girls(50.48%).The knowledge of hands only CPR was mainly derived from the book,television,network,and education from schools.Before training,the awareness rates of the knowledge on who was rescued by CPR and the position of CPR were more than 50%,and the awareness rates on the rest of know ledge were less than 50%.The awareness rates on hands only CPR were more than 75% by training, which were significantly increased compared with tho se before training ( P <0.01).Conclusion The knowledge on hands only CPR is very scarce in middle school students in Changsha city,and the awareness on hands only CPR can be significantly improved by the scene theory teaching and an-thropomorphic dummy.
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To understand the status of the knowledge and skills of the medical staff by using the questionnaire,the authors analyzed the differences and inadequate ness of the first-aid knowledge and skills among the hospital's new recruits to explore how to carry out a targeted first-aid knowledge and skills training.