Investigation of the Effectiveness of First Aid Course in a Public Education Center

First aid is defined as the initial care provided for an acute illness or injury and the first care. It was determined that 38% of deaths with conscious and adequate first aid could be prevented at the scene. Training of the public on first aid causes significant improvements in the mortality and injury rates. Public education centers have an important place in the education of the public and are important in reaching first aid education. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effectiveness level of the 18-hour first aid training given in March 2019 at the Center for Public Education of the province of Giresun. For this purpose, three separate tests were applied to the trainees; before, after and a month after the training. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 22 package statistical program. Non-parametric statistics were used due to the lack of parametric assumptions. It can be said that having previously received first aid training has a long-term increase in the level of first aid knowledge. When the test scores were examined, it was found that the post-training test score increased significantly. Similarly, the test result after one month was found to be close to this value. The first aid training given in the Public Education Center caused a long-term information change in the participants. The level of knowledge of all participants increased. First aid training given in Training Centers should be expanded.