Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Hyun-Suk Lee ¹, Cheong-Hwan Lim ¹, Hong-Ryang Jung ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept of Health Care, Hanseo University, Choongnam Seosan 31962, KP

Abstract

Background/Objectives: It is a necessity for anyone to learn and to become aware of first aid; especially, learning and repeated training is important during school life. The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of first-aid education, as well as the accident and first-aid education status of teachers in order to improve their response abilities during emergency situations that occur in educational settings. Methods/Statistical analysis: Structured surveys of 203 teachers in Korea were analyzed. Contents included 30 questions about the necessity and awareness of first-aid education. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Version 23.0 for Windows and the statistical significance level was set atp <.05. Findings: 87 (43%) of the elementary, middle school, and high school teachers reported an experience of safety accidents, while 116 (57%) did not. There was high interest about first aid in 83% of the teachers. 88% of them with first-aid education were satisfied and 92% of teachers without such displayed strong intentions to get such a kind of training. 94% of teachers responded that students would also need first-aid education. Improvements/Applications: Because interest about first aid in teachers was very high, an execution plan of first aid education for all teachers ought to be established. Also, effective first-aid education programs with high participation rates need to be developed.

Keywords

First-Aid method, Safety, Precaution, Teacher, Elementary, Middle and High school.

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Ki-Jeong Kim ¹, Hong-Ryang Jung ¹, Cheong-Hwan Lim ¹, Woo-Taek Lim ¹, Jeong-Hee Kim ¹, Mi-Hwa Lee ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. Health Care, The Graduate School of Hanseo University, 46. Hanseo 1-ro, Haemi-Myun, Seosan-Si, Chungcheognam-do, Province, 31962, KP

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the attitudes, knowledge and behaviors of radiological technologists on radiation, and how they are preparing plans to reduce unnecessary radiation doses on practitioners, patients and their caretakers. Methods/Statistical analysis: This study was conducted with 231 radiological technologists working in a CT examination room. For this, we contacted radiological technologists working at hospitals for at least 1 month from March to April of 2016. The following findings were obtained. Data collected through the survey was analyzed using SPSS ver. 23.0. Findings: Knowledge level of radiation safety management by general characteristics showed statistically significant differences according to clinical experience (p < 0.05), hospital size (p < 0.05), and educational level (p < 0.05). Attitude level of radiation safety management by general characteristics showed statistically significant differences according to age (p < 0.01), marital status (p < 0.01), and hospital size (p < 0.001). Behavior level of radiation safety management by general characteristics showed statistically significant differences according to clinical experience (p < 0.001) and hospital size (p < 0.05). In the relation between knowledge, attitude, and behavior on radiation safety management, higher level of radiation safety management knowledge correlated to higher levels of attitude and behavior. In addition, higher levels radiation safety management attitudes correlated to higher levels of radiation safety management behavior. Improvements/Applications: The correct radiation safety management through practitioner training was necessary to reduce radiation doses on computed tomography radiological technologists and patients.

Keywords

Radiation Safety Management, Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Radiological Technologists, CT, IJST.

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