Car-drivers, Knowledge and Practices Regarding First Aid Of Road Traffic Accidents at Sohag University | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 12, Volume 8, Issue 20.00 - Serial Number 1, February 2020, Pages 125-133 PDF (933.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2020.90513 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa M Madkour1; Safaa A.M. Kotb2; Safaa R Mahmoud3; Thorea A Mahmoud4 | ||
| 1Assistant lecturer in family and Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Sohag University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of family and Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Assuit University. Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit Universit, Egypt | ||
| 4Lecturer of family and Community Health Nursing-Faculty of Nursing- Sohag University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Road traffic accidents have been responsible for an increasing number of deaths and disabilities worldwide. Aim: Assess knowledge and practice of car drivers regarding first aid of road traffic accident. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional research design was used in the study. It was conducted at Sohag University. A 87 Car drivers was participated in this study. Two tools developed by the researcher were used: Tool:the first tool: A structured interviewing questionnaire that include two parts; Part 1: demographic data of car drivers. Part 2: knowledge assessment questionnaire about first aid and road traffic accidents. Second tool: An observational checklist was used to assess practices of drivers regarding first aid of road traffic accidents. Results: The mean age of the participants was 43.36 ± 9.48. 33.3% of them had secondary education. 92.0% of them weren't having previous first aid training. 86% of them had an unsatisfactory knowledge level and all of studied car drivers had unsatisfactory practices of first aid of road traffic accident. Conclusion: The current study concluded that the majority of them had an unsatisfactory knowledge level and total of car drivers had unsatisfactory practices of first aid of road traffic accident Recommendations: Design and implement training programs for car drivers regarding first aid of road traffic accidents. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Car; Driver & Road Traffic First Aid Accidents | ||
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