Are schoolteachers able to teach first aid to children younger than 6 years? A comparative study

Are schoolteachers able to teach first aid to children younger than 6 years? A comparative study

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to assess the knowledge acquired by very young children (<6 years) trained by their own teachers at nursery school. This comparative study assessed the effect of training before the age of 6 years compared with a group of age-matched untrained children. SETTING Some schoolteachers were trained by emergency medical teams to perform basic first aid. PARTICIP...

applying transitivity theory to gender analysis of efl textbook: : a comparative study.

efl/esl textbooks have been regarded as essential language teaching materials with which the learners spend about 70 up to 90 percent of their class time. the important role they play and their vast use make them not only influential in learning the language but also in shaping values and attitudes. put it another way, textbooks socialize learners using their contents (i.e. texts, illustrations...

Primary school children are able to perform basic life-saving first aid measures.

INTRODUCTION First aid measures can be life-saving. Starting first aid education early may strengthen interest, motivation and ability to provide first aid. OBJECTIVE To determine if a first aid teaching program including 5 lessons (45 min each) of theoretical and practical training for 6-7-year-old children can influence their performance in a first aid scenario. METHODS 228 primary school...

Pedestrian injuries to children younger than 5 years of age.

Historically, research on pediatric pedestrian injuries has analyzed children younger than 5 years of age as a single group. However, in this study, these children were divided into two age groups which were reflective of differences in behavior and development. The data demonstrate differences in the circumstances of the pedestrian injury events between toddlers (0 through 2 years and ambulato...

Epidemiological Survey of Enteroviral Meningitis in Children Younger than 14 Years in Ahvaz