Comparative study between students, Faculty of Education, El-Minia and Assiut University for impact of educational training program of first aid

The aim of this study was conducted to assessing students' knowledge and practice concerning traumatic persons as well as to design, implement and evaluate the outcome of first aid teaching program for caring of person with trauma. The assessment for developing this program was determined by test questionnaire sheet and observation checklist. First aid teaching program was implemented on 60 students of the Faculty of Education in Assiut and EL-Mania universities. The program was evaluated applying the same tools used in assessment phase, then immediately after the program implementation. The main results obtained were students had score less than 40% in their knowledge and performance before program implementation. After program implementation, the results showed an improvement in the students' knowledge and performance regarding the care of persons with trauma

Role of aspiration of middle ear effusions prior to ventilation tube insertion

The aim of this study was to assess the role of middle ear aspiration for clearance of middle ear prior to ventilation tube insertion. This work was done on 36 children aged from 4 to 13 years with bilateral middle ear effusion. They were assessed before surgery by clinical examination, pure tone audiometry and impedance audiometry. Each child underwent bilateral myringotomy with aspiration of the right ear only and bilateral insertion of ventilation tubes. Postoperative follow up of the children 24 hours, one week and 3 months by clinical examination, audiometry and tympanometry showed no significant difference between the ears [the aspirated and non-aspirated] as regard hearing improvement, presence and patency of tubes. So, routine aspiration of middle ear prior to ventilation tube insertion is not necessary to avoid hazards of aspiration