BACKGROUND It is essential for drivers employed in the formal sector to have good knowledge of road safety in order to safeguard their lives and those of the staff they are employed to drive. The study was conducted to determine the effect of a road safety education intervention on road safety knowledge of drivers employed in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. METHOD A quasi-experimental stud...

OBJECTIVE To determine the current policies and practice of UK fire services for the management of burns patients. METHODS Structured telephone questionnaire covering formal policies including patient assessment, oxygen and entonox use, burn assessment and treatment, and paediatric patients and training. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 74% of the UK Fire Services (n = 46); only 1...

We have already written favourably of the two previous volumes, and there is no doubt that articles are to be found in these volumes which it would be difficult to find elsewhere ; take, for example, the subject of cemeteries, this is fully discussed under various headings, and we even find a note 011 garden cities, on fingers, on first aid, and ou Eugenics. Of the chief articles in this book w...

Disaster planning is only as good as the assumptions on which it is based. However, some of these assumptions are derived from a conventional wisdom that is at variance with empirical field disaster research studies. Knowledge of disaster research findings might help planners avoid common disaster management pitfalls, thereby improving disaster response planning. To illustrate the point, this a...

BACKGROUND Approximately 24,000 Ontarians live in remote Indigenous communities with no road access. These communities are a subset of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), a political grouping of 49 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario, Canada. Limited information is available regarding the status of emergency care in these communities. OBJECTIVE We aimed to understand emergency response sys...

“Psychological first aid” was first introduced conceptually in the mid-Twentieth Century; in the post-9/11 era, psychological first aid has emerged as a mainstay for early psychological intervention with survivors of disasters and extreme events. Dating from the 2001 National Institute on Mental Health conference on mass violence, psychological first aid is now the first, and most favored, earl...

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Scope of Practice Document v 12/17/12 pg 1 of 9 Introduction People who live, work, travel and recreate in the outdoors have specialized medical training needs not met by traditional first aid programs. They care for patients in remote locations, in challenging weather, with questionable communication and support, limited equipment and the need to make independent dec...

Emerging research indicates the critical role members of the public can play in saving lives and reducing morbidity at the scene in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. It is anticipated that with training, more members of the public will be ready and able to assist should they be present at mass casualty events or other circumstances in which there are serious injuries or potential loss of l...

BACKGROUND University students have high rates of depression, and friends are often the most commonly-used source of support for emotional distress in this population. This study aimed to explore students' ability to provide effective support for their peers with depressive symptoms and the factors influencing the quality of their mental health first aid (MHFA) skills, including students' gende...