Lukumay Gift G, Ndile Menti L, Outwater Anne H, Mkoka Dickson A, Padyab Mojgan, Saveman Britt-Inger, Backteman-Erlanson Susann
Department of Community Health Nursing, Muhimbili University of Heath and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
BMC Emerg Med. 2018 Nov 20;18(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12873-018-0199-9.
The availability of prehospital trauma care is an important means of reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with road traffic injuries (RTIs). Lay responders such as traffic police play an important role in the provision of prehospital trauma care to RTI victims, especially where there is no established prehospital care system. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to investigate knowledge, self-reported practice, and attitudes toward post-crash first aid among traffic police officers in Tanzania.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between July-September 2017 to investigate knowledge, self-reported practice and attitude among traffic police officers during provision of post-crash care. We used simple random technique to recruit 340 traffic police officers, self -administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The researchers used descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-square tests to analyze the data.
A total of 340 traffic police officers were surveyed. Nearly two thirds (65.3%) reported having had post-crash first aid on-the job training; a slightly larger proportion (70.9%) reported that they had cared for RTI victims in the previous year. The survey responses showed that, generally, traffic police officers' level of knowledge about post-crash first aid to RTI victims was low-about 3% of the surveyed officers possessed knowledge at a level considered good. Also, there was a statistically significant correlation between higher educational attainment and greater knowledgeability (p = 0.015). Almost all of the officers (96%) had a positive attitude toward providing post-crash first aid to RTI victims.
Improved training of Tanzania traffic police officers, by means of an updated post-crash first aid curriculum and updated resources is recommended. Also, user-friendly post-crash first aid leaflets should be provided to traffic police for their reference.
院前创伤护理的可及性是减少道路交通伤（RTIs）相关重伤和死亡的重要手段。像交警这样的非专业急救人员在为道路交通伤受害者提供院前创伤护理方面发挥着重要作用，尤其是在尚未建立院前护理系统的地区。因此，本研究的目的是调查坦桑尼亚交警对事故后急救的知识、自我报告的实践情况及态度。
2017年7月至9月在坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆进行了一项横断面调查，以调查交警在提供事故后护理期间的知识、自我报告的实践情况及态度。我们采用简单随机技术招募了340名交警，使用自填式问卷收集数据。研究人员使用描述性统计和Pearson卡方检验分析数据。
共对340名交警进行了调查。近三分之二（65.3%）的人报告接受过事故后急救在职培训；略多比例（70.9%）的人报告他们在前一年护理过道路交通伤受害者。调查结果显示，总体而言，交警对道路交通伤受害者事故后急救的知识水平较低——约3%的受访警官具备被认为良好水平 的知识。此外，较高的教育程度与更高的知识水平之间存在统计学上的显著相关性（p = 0.015）。几乎所有警官（96%）对为道路交通伤受害者提供事故后急救持积极态度。
建议通过更新事故后急救课程和资源来加强对坦桑尼亚交警的培训。此外，应向交警提供方便用户的事故后急救传单以供参考。
