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Dissertation Chapters | Pediatric Nursing | Volume 15 Issue 2, February 2026 | Pages: 1643 - 1650 | India
Knowledge regarding First Aid Management of Selected Pediatric Emergencies among Care Takers
Abstract: Purpose of study: First aid is a measure to save the life of the person. Accidents all over the world are one of the leading health problems. The most important way to protect against accidents in the primary prevention is to educate society, especially parents are to be educated about prevention of accidents and first aid to reduce accidents. So, it is essential to improve the knowledge and awareness among care takers of under 5 years children in order to take appropriate first aid measures. Material and Methods: Researcher adopted Non-Experimental Descriptive design. Study carried out on 150 care takers of under five children. The non-probability purposive sampling technique was used and data was collected using the structured questionnaire and was analyzed statistically. The average time taken by each sample for answering the question was 25-30-minute. Ethical clearance was taken from Institutional ethics committee. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive statistics. Result: From the above findings, Researcher concluded that analysis of structured questionnaire tool on Knowledge regarding first aid management of selected pediatric emergencies among the care takers, 84% were having good knowledge and 66% were having average knowledge. The total mean score is 18.59 and SD is 2.82. Study findings show there is no association between levels of knowledge regarding the first aid management and demographic variables of selected pediatric emergencies as p-value is less than 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Study concludes that caretakers are having adequate knowledge of first aid management for pediatric emergencies.
Keywords: Knowledge, First aid management, Pediatric emergencies and Caretakers
How to Cite?: Vaishali Premchand Torane, "Knowledge regarding First Aid Management of Selected Pediatric Emergencies among Care Takers", Volume 15 Issue 2, February 2026, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1643-1650, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR26224151523, DOI: https://dx.dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR26224151523