Assessment Of Knowledge Practice And Associated Factors Of First Aid Among Long Distance Bus Drivers Departing From Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2020.

Background: First aid is the immediate or initial care given to victims of accidents beforerntrained medical workers arrive. In developing countries including Ethiopia, there have beenrnsmall numbers of drivers with first aid knowledge and few of them are involved in the actualrnpractice. These shows, some of the drivers with first aid knowledge are not applied well. Tornmy knowledge, the evidence is scarce about long-distance bus drivers’ knowledge andrnpractice and associated factors of first aid. rnObjective: This study, aims to assess the status of first aid knowledge and practice amongrnlong- distance bus drivers’ departing or leave from Addis Ababa terminal. rnMethod: Drivers based cross-sectional study was conducted at Kality, Ayer Tena, Asko,rnLamberet and Addis Ketema terminals. Systematic random sampling was carried out tornselect the bus drivers. Buses were listed based on their side numbers and the first respondentrnwas selected randomly then following respondents were selected every 4 intervals (k=4).rnDrivers of the selected bus were interviewed with structured questioners. Availability andrncompleteness of first aid kits were checked by observational checklist. Epi data software usedrnfor data entry and bivariate and Multivariate analysis was done using SPSS V.20. rnResult: The mean age of participants was 37.77 (SD=±8.607). Regarding knowledge levelrn102(31.5%) had high level knowledge, 159(49.1%) of them had moderate level knowledgernand 63(19.4%) of the study participants had low level knowledge. Having first aid training,rn(AOR=5.753:95%CI: 2.726-12.143) and ever used the first aid kit items(AOR=2.334:95%CI:rn1.164-4.682) were significant associated with first aid knowledge. Moreover, drivers whornhad high level knowledge (AOR=4.618: 1.097-19.431), trained first aid (AOR=5.395: 2.39112.176)rnrnand also those had first aid kit in their buses (AOR=9.615:95% CI: 1.588-58.232)rnhas a better first aid practice. rnConclusion and Recommendation: Even though, the majority of respondents had firstrnaid knowledge, only 46.2%of them were provided first aid at the scene. First aid knowledgernand training are some of the important factors of the first aid practice of the drivers. At thernsame time, 25% of respondents had not first aid kit. Federal transport authority should be rngiving the training to improve first aid knowledge and practice of long-distance bus drivers.

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