Khatatbeh Moawiah
Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Int J Prev Med. 2016 Jan 22;7:24. doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.174772. eCollection 2016.
This study has aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge about the first aid process among the university students in Jordan.
The study population consisted of students of the 14 scientific and unscientific faculties at Yarmouk University, Jordan. Data were obtained via questionnaires from 883 students.
The majority of participants were females (65.9%) with mean age (standard deviation) of 19.9 (2.6) years. Only 29.2% of students had previous first aid experience. When asked, only 11% of students knew the normal respiration rate of an adult in 1 min. Results revealed that female students, having previous first aid experience, and being a student of the health sciences and scientific colleges were the only factors had significant statistical associations with better level of first aid knowledge.
The students' knowledge about first aid is not at an adequate level. It would be advisable that first aid course be handled as a separate and practical course at secondary school level.
本研究旨在评估约旦大学生对急救过程的了解程度。
研究对象为约旦亚尔穆克大学14个理工科和非理工科院系的学生。通过问卷调查从883名学生那里获取数据。
大多数参与者为女性(65.9%),平均年龄(标准差)为19.9(2.6)岁。只有29.2%的学生有过急救经验。当被问及的时候,只有11%的学生知道成年人每分钟的正常呼吸频率。结果显示,女性学生、有过急救经验以及是健康科学和理工科院校的学生是与更好的急救知识水平有显著统计学关联的唯一因素。
学生们的急救知识水平不足。建议在中学阶段将急救课程作为一门单独的实践课程来开设。