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Youth need knowledge of first aid in rural and bush environments — First Aid training programs

are crucial. The First Aid for Rural Medical Emergencies (F.A.R.M.E.) program, combines a

unique train-the-trainer model our high school students teach one another. In comparison with

students who did not receive training, trained students performed better in terms of anticipatory

actions as assessed through a quasi-experimental study into the program impact (Muecke et al.,

2010). The only difference this made, however, was that it did not improve knowledge retention.

Findings from the focus groups indicated that peer-led learning was highly valued in promoting

confidence, teamwork, and engagement with safety training.

One major step is to conduct educational programs in Basic Life Support (BLS) and First Aid

(FA). The aforementioned investigation of UFMT/Sinop adopted a longitudinal, prospective

design to train 27 schoolteachers and found increasing improvement in the knowledge after

receiving one training session (Souza, E.F. et. al., 2019). The research demonstrates the

importance of universities in terms of community outreach, being able to equip lay people to be

first responders and thus treating patients quickly when they have an emergency.

Research has it that consciousness of first aid skills is essential for students, especially in cases

such as burns, wounds, and fractures. In a study by Monge and Perez (2021), the authors sought

to determine the correlation between first-aid awareness among learners, and his/her

performance. In quantitative analysis, it was identified that students had good levels of first aid

and there was a positive relationship between first aid awareness level with better academic
performance. The study brings out the need for inclusion of education in emergency response in

school curriculum for beautification of the same.

First aid education is fundamental in equipping students with the skills to respond to emergencies

before professional help arrives. A study conducted in Doiwala, Dehradun, assessed students'

knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding first aid among school children from classes

9th to 12th. Results indicated that while 91% of students were aware of first aid, only 17% had

comprehensive knowledge. Despite first aid being part of the curriculum, practical education

appeared insufficient, though students showed a strong interest in learning more (Semwal J et al.,

(2017).

Emergency first aid skills are basic and important in managing an emergency while minimizing

the effects of injury or illness before having access to professional emergency care. Jamaludin, S.

et. al.(2017) conducted a study which was aimed at determining the level of knowledge,

awareness, and attitude toward first aid among the students of the International Islamic

University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan campus. Surveying 348 participants through a

questionnaire borrowed from the Hong Kong Red Cross, the study argued that, though students

held positive attitudes toward first aid, the majority of them lacked sufficient knowledge; only

149 students were relatively knowledgeable. Furthermore, 55.4% of the study participants had no

formal first-aid training. This underlines the need to enhance the current systems in place a way

that will offer the needed education to the students to enable them to face emergencies in the

right manner.
Reference: (Semwal J et al., (2017). Study of knowledge and attitudes to first aid among school

children of Doiwalablock, Dehradun . International Journal of Community Medicine and Public

Health, Volume 4 (8), 2934-2938. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20173348

Reference: Muecke, C., & others. (2010). First Aid for Rural Medical Emergencies

(F.A.R.M.E.) Program: Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Approach. Journal of School Health,

80(9), 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00527.x

Reference: Monge, M. B., & Perez, R. D. (2021). Student’s Awareness in Basic First Aid and

their Academic Performance. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis,

4(7), 1023-1028. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v4-i7-20

Reference; Souza, E.F. et. al. (2019). The importance of life basic support training and first aid in

the school setting: knowledge building in the scope of university community outreach. Scientific

Electronic Archives, Vol. 12 (5), 130-135.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5011/3d80b63e930a082e06e0ae931d202ca8170e.pdf

Jamaludin, et. al.,(2017). Knowledge, awareness and attitude related to first aid among IIUM

Kuantan campus students. *International Medical Journal Malaysia*, 16(S1), 21.

https://journals.iium.edu.my/kom/index.php/imjm/article/view/1155/815

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