Becoming The Hope For Life On Thin Ice: First Aid Training Project For The First Year Students Of Tekirdag Namik Kemal Unıversity

Abstract

Aim:In this study, theoretical and applied education is given to the volunteer first class university students. At the end of the education, it is aimed to give first aider certification which has international validity and to open first aid education center within the university.Materials and Methods:In the first step of the study, 78 of the first year volunteer School of Health students are given a book about first aid. They were requested to study that book during summer time. A test was applied when the schools are open and a pre-test was applied to the 53 students who were found successful. A 16 hours long education about “Basic First Aid” was given. The post-test was re-applied after the education. Consequentially they are tested with written and an oral exam on “Basic First Aid Training”.Results:The results of the test after education is also compared between the group of successful students and students who failed.When successful and failed students were evaluated among themselves and together with the same questions before and after education, the difference in all questions after education is statistically significant (p< 0.001).Conclusion:“First Aid Staff Certificate” with both national and an international validity was given to the thirty-one succesfull students and first aid education center was established within the university.

Keywords

• first aid training
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• public health
• nursing students