Importância de promover orientações básicas de primeiros socorros para discentes do ensino fundamental público, A

Abstract

First aids are care given immediately to a person, accident victims or victims of a sudden illness, which physical state put their lives at risk. The goal is to keep vital functions and to avoid its worsening by standardized rules until the qualified assistance comes. This study was done with 48 students, 7th year of elementary school, from the school Professor Djalma Guilherme da Silva, in Sinop-MT. The study goal was to accomplish first aids basic orientations and guide teenagers to know how to act when facing emergency situations. Whereas adolescents can encounter an unusual situation that requires immediately action, it is important that they know how to prevent and know some basic attitudes when facing accidents. For this purpose, a multiple choice questionnaire with ten questions was applied to evaluate first aids knowledge level of the students and then, health education activities were started through education lecture. From the collected data, the analysis and categorization of the answers given by the students were proceeded. The results showed that the majority of the students had a prior knowledge of first aids. However, this knowledge has shown incomplete in some situations. Therefore, the study has shown an importance in create strategies to disseminate the information to reach the adolescent public and has also shown the nurse relevance in the role of educator and promoter of health education.