ABSTRACT

Background of the study: First aid is the immediate and temporary treatment for a victim of sudden illness or injury. Providing first aid in the emergency situations can be overwhelming and traumatic. Encouraging more people to learn basic first aid and to intervene will rely to some extent on the development of improved strategies to provide support to those who have given first aid care in an emergency. Objective: The research tried to find out the level of knowledge regarding first aid among first year B.Sc. nursing students of Sumandeep Nursing College, Vadodara Material & Methodology: The study’s sample method was randomized simple random sampling. There were 100 students selected from Sumandeep Nursing College. The tool is divided into two sections: a demographic tool, a structured teaching program. The descriptive and inferential statistics used in the data analysis were planned taking into account the research study's hypothesis and the study's objectives. Result: More than 63% of students were between age of 17-18 years and 32 % were between ages of 19-20. Among them 50% were female and 50% were male. After administration of structured teaching program, 94 % of students were havinggood level of knowledge and 6% of students having average level of knowledge. Discussion & Conclusion: Almost all students were having average level of knowledge before administering structured teaching program. Student’s knowledge improved into good level that was 96% a after administering structured teaching program. Keywords: Knowledge, First aid, structured teaching program
Publication date: 15/12/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.1048