Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding First-Aid Management of Primary School Teachers

The principal objective of this study was to assess the knowledge regarding first-aid management among primary school teachers through a self-developed questionnaire. This study was conducted in Hooghly district. 30 samples were randomly selected from Govt. sponsored schools. The data collected through questionnaire were statistically analysed adopting descriptive methods e.g. frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result showed that majority of the teachers were having average knowledge about first-aid. More precisely out of them 26.6% (8) possess good knowledge, 56.6% (17) possess moderate knowledge and 16.6% (5) possess inadequate knowledge regarding first-aid management. It also showed that mean of good knowledge was 24.37 with SD of 1.3 and mean of moderate knowledge was 14.52 with SD 1.96 and the Mean of inadequate knowledge was 8.6 with SD 0.51. Present study finding was parallel with a cross-sectional study conducted by Somner et al. in his study a total number of 110 teacher’s knowledge assessed using questionnaire and a 20- point scale. The result showed a mean score of 11.9 with Sd of 2.9.