The aim of this study is to evaluate the emergency applications made to the pre-hospital emergency health services by schools and dormitories. Material and Methods: This study is a retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional record review study. The research data were collected by retrospectively reviewing the records of students who applied to Gümüşhane Provincial Ambulance Service Chief Physician from kindergartens, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and dormitories thereof between 2010 and 2019. A total of 4731 relevant medical record were accessed. Results: Of the emergency applications made to the pre-hospital emergency health services by schools and dormitories, 53,2% were made from high school dormitories, 28,3% from high schools, 15,2% from elementary schools, 3,3% from regional boarding elementary schools, and 0,1% from kindergartens. Conclusion: It was determined that the highest number of emergency applications to the Gümüşhane Provincial Ambulance Service Chief Physician were made in the month of October in 2015 and 2016 and due to trauma-related cases.
Objectives:
This study’s aim is to assess the disaster management and pediatric first aid-related knowledge, emotion, and attitude levels of of kindergarten and elementary school teachers, as the professionals that are first to provide interventions in the case of a disaster to children ages 0-8, who are considered to be among the vulnerable groups in the context of a disaster.
Methods:
A total of 119 teachers working in the kindergarten and elementary schools located in the Gümüşhane province of Turkey were included in the study and were asked to fill in a questionnaire that comprises 3 sections. Data collection tools included a sociodemographic questionnaire, teachers’ disaster management knowledge levels, and teachers’ pediatric first-aid knowledge, emotion, and attitude levels.
Results:
Analysis of the scores obtained by the teachers from the questionnaire revealed that the teachers, who participated in the study, had a high level of disaster management knowledge and a moderate-to-high level of pediatric first aid knowledge.
Conclusions:
It is suggested as a result of this study that the disaster risks and injuries or losses of life associated with disasters that may occur at schools may be reduced with disaster management and first-aid interventions.
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