KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT FIRST AID

this is a quantitative, cross-sectional, analytical study. The study participants were 269 elementary school teachers - Cycle I, from 19 schools under the management of the Municipality of Marilia - SP. Data collection occurred in September 2021 and the instrument used was a questionnaire prepared in the digital platform Google Forms, divided into three sections: the first containing the informed consent and socioeconomic questions, followed by objective questions about previous experiences of the participants and simulated cases of emergency in the school environment. The data collected was analyzed using the SPSS software (version 24.0), using the chi-square test for association of the proportion distribution with a significance level of 5%.

Results:

among the participants, 53.2% had already witnessed some emergency situation inside the school, in which 11.9% had acted safely. Less than half (42.7%) of the teachers had content about the subject during their graduation, and 68.8% reported never having received training on school accident prevention and first aid.

Conclusion:

based on the results, we identified that there is a need for teacher training regarding urgency and emergency situations related to the care of children in the school environment, thus trying to provide subsidies for coping with serious situations that may occur at school.

DESCRIPTORS:
First aid; Child health; Accident prevention; School health; Emergencies

Variable	n	%	p-value
Sex
Male	22	8.2	<0.001*
Female	247	91.8
Age range
21-39	74	27.5	<0.001*
40-59	194	72.1
>59	1	0.4
Graduation
Pedagogy	262	97.4	<0.001*
Arts	1	0.4
Physical Education	6	2.2
Length of profession
<5 year	35	13.1	<0.001*
05 to 10 years	43	16
10 to 20 years	105	39.2
>20 years	85	31.7

Alternatives	n	%	p-value
Have you ever witnessed an emergency situation inside the school? If yes, did you need to respond or were you involved in performing first aid?
Never have	126	46.8	<0.001*
I have seen it but did not respond	82	30.5
I responded with difficulty	29	10.8
I responded with confidence	32	11.9
Do you feel prepared to perform first aid on children?
I do not feel prepared	172	63.9	<0.001*
Partially prepared	93	34.6
Completely prepared	4	1.5
Did you get thematic content about first aid in the school environment in your training?
I am not familiar with the topic	154	57.2	<0.001*
I got little content about the topic	99	36.8
Yes, I got content about the theme	16	5.9
Does the institution in which you work offer, or has offered, any training and/or education on school accident prevention and first aid?
Never offered	185	68.8	<0.001*
Offered	80	29.7
Offered regularly	4	1.5
Do you know what updates are available on the practice of first aid in the Covid-19 pandemic scenario?
Yes	65	24.3	<0.001*
No	203	75.7	<0.001*
In the face of an emergency situation, which mobile service do you usually call?
SAMU	211	78.4	<0.001*
911	58	21.6	<0.001*

Structured cases	Answer	Frequency	%	p-value
Case 1: Child victim of choking	Correct	156	58.6	<0.005*
Case 1: Child victim of choking	Incorrect	110	41.4	<0.005*
Case 2: Child victim of a seizure	Correct	218	82	<0.001*
Case 2: Child victim of a seizure	Incorrect	48	18	<0.001*
Case 3 Child victim of a cardiac arrest	Correct	22	8.3	<0.001*
Case 3 Child victim of a cardiac arrest	Incorrect	243	91.7	<0.001*

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Rebeka Brabo Hadge rebekahadgr@gmail.com