Effectiveness of multimodal package on first aid management of head injury upon the knowledge and practice among traffic police at selected traffic zones, Tamilnadu: A true experimental study Sasikala A1,*, Lizy Sonia A2, Venkatesan Latha3, Sasikala D4 1Tutor, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai 2Asst. Professor, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia 3Principal, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai 4Reader, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai *Corresponding Author Email: sasikalaarumugam1005@gmail.com
Online published on 8 June, 2021. Abstract Background First aid is the immediate treatment given to casualty for any injury or sudden illness before the arrival of an ambulance, doctor or other qualified person. Training the Traffic Police on first aid management of Head injury can be helpful in providing first aid to the victims on the accident areas that will be saving many lives and preventing complications. Objective The objective of the study to assess the effectiveness of multimodal package on first aid management of head injury upon the knowledge and practice among traffic police at selected traffic zones, Tamilnadu. Methodology A True experimental pretest posttest research was conducted among Traffic Police working in Chennai west-II traffic zone. 60 traffic police were selected as study participants out of which 30 were constituted to experimental group and 30 were constituted to control group. Pretest knowledge and practice were assessed in both groups. Multimodal package on first aid management was administered to experimental group of Traffic Police and posttest was conducted after one week. Result The mean posttest knowledge (M=18.9) and practice scores (M=28.1) was significantly higher in experimental group to that of control group which shows the effectiveness of multimodal package on first aid management on head injury. Conclusion The present study reveals that multimodal package on first aid management of head injury had a significant increase in the knowledge and practice of Traffic Police in the experimental group. Top Keywords First aid, Head injury, Traffic police, First aid management of head injury, CPR. Top |