To Assess the Knowledge and Practice of Primary School Teachers, regarding the First Aid and Emergency Care in Selected Primary Schools at Yamuna Nagar

This study has been undertaken to assess the knowledge and practice of primary school teachers regarding first aid and emergency care. Non-experimental descriptive design for assessing the knowledge and practice of primary school teachers regarding first aid and emergency care among primary school children in selected schools of Yamuna Nagar was adopted in this study. Sample consists of a sub set of a population selected to participate in a research study. The study sample consists of 205 school teachers at selected primary schools of district Yamuna Nagar. Purposive sampling technique is used in selecting schools in Yamuna Nagar. Simple random sampling has been applied in selecting 205 teachers. Tools used for this study are structured questionnaire for knowledge and practice was selected and developed on selected aspects of first aid and emergency care, among primary school children. The finding reveals that the mean knowledge score of respondents found to be 1.580 and SD value as 0.7794. The overall mean practice score of respondent found to be 1.6293 and SD value as 0.80994. It can be concluded that the respondents had inadequate knowledge and inadequate practice regarding first aid and emergency care. Overall findings reveal that the primary school teachers had inadequate knowledge and inadequate practice regarding first aid and emergency care. Keywords: First Aid, Emergency Care, Primary School Teachers.