Effectiveness of nursing assistants and stretcher staff skill development program in first aid helping for people with cervical spine injuries and spinal cord, Golden Jubilee Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to compare knowledge average score and skill average score to first aid helping for people with cervical spine injuries and spine of nursing assistants and stretcher staff, Golden Jubilee Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, before and after the experiment. The knowledge and skill was applied for a conceptual framework of the study. The study methodology was a quasiexperimental research. The study population were 49 nursing assistants and stretcher staff. The sample size of 32 nursing assistants and stretcher staff was selected by purposive sampling. The study instruments were program for developing skills in first aid for people with cervical spine injuries and spinal cord and a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and paired t-test.
The study results revealed that knowledge average score of study group, after experiment was higher than before the experiment at a statistically significant level of.01, knowledge average score level before the experiment was at a middle level, but after the experiment was at the high level. , And skill average score of the study group after the experiment was higher than before the experiment at a statistically significant level of.01, before the experiment, skill average score of the study group was at a moderate level and after the experiment, skill average score of the study group was at a high level.