Tse Eleana, Plakitsi Katerina, Voulgaris Spyridon, Alexiou George A
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Children (Basel). 2024 Mar 2;11(3):299. doi: 10.3390/children11030299.
Choking stands as the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury deaths. This research aimed to evaluate the ability of young schoolchildren to grasp and remember choking-management techniques, as well as to compare the effectiveness of instructors. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of choking training on young children. We randomly selected 180 children aged 4-8 years and divided them into a training group (120 children) and a control group (60 children). We evaluated the students' response to a choking incident with a specific scenario one day before, one day after, and two and seven months after the training, as well as once to the control group. Before the training, there was no significant difference between the groups. However, after the training, the training group's scores showed a significant increase compared to their pre-training scores and those of the control group. Even at two- and seven-month post-training, the training group's scores had decreased but remained higher than their pre-training scores and those of the control group. Choking training can benefit young children. Our research highlights the equal importance of both regular classroom teachers and specialized personnel in imparting these essential skills. However, further research is necessary to confirm these observations and explore methods for sustaining the acquired knowledge from the training.
窒息是意外受伤死亡的第四大主要原因。本研究旨在评估年幼学童掌握和记住窒息处理技巧的能力，以及比较教员的教学效果。我们进行了一项随机对照试验，以评估窒息培训对幼儿的影响。我们随机选取了180名4至8岁的儿童，将他们分为培训组（120名儿童）和对照组（60名儿童）。我们在培训前一天、培训后一天、培训后两个月和七个月，以及对对照组进行了一次评估，让学生对一个特定场景下的窒息事件做出反应。培训前，两组之间没有显著差异。然而，培训后，培训组的分数与培训前分数以及对照组分数相比有显著提高。即使在培训后两个月和七个月，培训组的分数有所下降，但仍高于其培训前分数和对照组分数。窒息培训对幼儿有益。我们的研究强调了正规课堂教师和专业人员在传授这些基本技能方面同样重要。然而，需要进一步研究来证实这些观察结果，并探索维持从培训中获得的知识的方法。
