A study about the first aid knowledge of the parents having pre-school children

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the first aid knowledge of the parents having pre-school children and how this knowledge affects the first aid applications. The data is obtained by asking questions with questionnaire method to the parents of 173 children going to six pre-schools in Ankara-Turkey in the term April-June 1997 who are aged between 33-80 months (with an average of 60.41 months) and 84 of which are girls and 89 of which are boys. 17.8% of the parents included in the study find their first aid knowledge sufficient. Furthermore, 69.4% of the parents stated that they had no first aid training. Besides, 60.4% of the parents stated that they have faced situations requiring first aid for their children. The answers of the parents about various first aid applications are statistically compared between the parents who had first aid training and those who did not. The difference between the findings relating to first aid applications such as nosebleed (p