Vermonden Maya, Dehaerne Liesse, Toelen Jaan, De Coninck David
Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Leuven Child and Youth Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Children (Basel). 2023 Mar 31;10(4):669. doi: 10.3390/children10040669.
About one in seven accidents involving children occurs at school. Roughly 70% of these accidents involve children under the age of 12 years. Thus, primary school teachers may be confronted with accidents where first aid could improve the outcome. Despite the importance of first-aid knowledge among teachers, little is known about this topic. To fill this gap, we conducted case-based survey research on the objective and subjective first-aid knowledge of primary school and kindergarten teachers in Flanders, Belgium. An online survey was distributed to primary school and kindergarten teachers. It included 14 hypothetical first-aid scenarios in a primary school context to assess objective knowledge, along with one item to assess subjective knowledge. A total of 361 primary school and kindergarten teachers completed the questionnaire. The participants achieved an average knowledge score of 66%. Those who had completed a first-aid course had significantly higher scores. Knowledge regarding child CPR was amongst the lowest, with only 40% correct answers. Structural equation modeling showed that only previous first-aid training, recent experience with first aid, and subjective first-aid knowledge were linked to teachers' objective first-aid knowledge-particularly for basic first aid. This study shows that completing a first-aid course and completing a refresher course can predict objective first-aid knowledge. We therefore recommend that first-aid training and regular refresher courses should be mandatory in teacher training, given that a large share of teachers may need to apply first aid to a pupil at some point during their career.
涉及儿童的事故中，约七分之一发生在学校。这些事故中约70%涉及12岁以下儿童。因此，小学教师可能会遇到需要急救以改善结果的事故。尽管急救知识对教师很重要，但关于这一主题的了解却很少。为填补这一空白，我们对比利时弗拉芒地区的小学和幼儿园教师的客观和主观急救知识进行了基于案例的调查研究。向小学和幼儿园教师发放了一份在线调查问卷。问卷包含14个小学场景下的假设性急救情景以评估客观知识，以及一个评估主观知识的项目。共有361名小学和幼儿园教师完成了问卷。参与者的平均知识得分是66%。那些完成了急救课程的教师得分显著更高。关于儿童心肺复苏的知识得分最低，只有40%的正确答案。结构方程模型显示，只有先前的急救培训、最近的急救经历和主观急救知识与教师的客观急救知识相关——特别是对于基本急救。这项研究表明，完成急救课程和进修课程可以预测客观急救知识。因此，我们建议在教师培训中，急救培训和定期进修课程应成为必修课，因为很大一部分教师在其职业生涯的某个时候可能需要对学生进行急救。
