ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SELECTED FIRST AID MEASURES (EPISTAXIS, DOGBITE, FRACTURE) AMONG BSC 2ND SEMESTER NURSING STUDENTS OF IBN-SINA COLLEGE OF NURSING OMPORA, BUDGAM

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a lay person to a sick or injured patient until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and, in some cases, potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment. In pre-test it was found that 32.5% respondents inadequate knowledge with percentage ,60% respondents had moderate knowledge and 67.5% of the respondents adequate knowledge. Pre-test knowledge percentage was 32.5% and post test knowledge was with a difference of 67.5% that means the knowledge increment after intervention was 35 percent .The mean SD of pre-test was 12.48- 4.013 and the post –test the mean S.D was19.68-2.683,the mean difference was found to be 7.200, paired test was found to be significant 9.892* p value <0.001 at the significance level 0.05. There is significant association between the level of scores of Pre-test and other demographic variables (Gender, Occupation of Father and Occupation of mother). The calculated chi-square values were less than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance.