Open AccessPerception of Civilians on the Emergency Care of Victims during Road Traffic Accidents Prior to Hospitalization in Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania
Author(s) -
Irene Kilenzi,
James Lubuulwa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eas journal of medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-7332
pISSN - 2663-1857
DOI - 10.36349/easjms.2022.v04i03.002
Subject(s) - tanzania , first aid , crash , perception , psychology , population , medical emergency , road accident , medicine , applied psychology , social psychology , engineering , environmental health , socioeconomics , transport engineering , sociology , computer science , neuroscience , programming language
Objectives: To determination of perception of civilians on the importance of pre hospital emergence care of post-crash incidents in Nyamagana district Mwanza and their willingness to cooperate in providing the necessary first aid to victims. Methods: This study undertook an analytical cross sectional study design and the data was collected through interview and questionnaire of the respective study population within my area of study and all results were incorporated into my study so as to check for the perception of civilians on RTA and percentage of those willing to take part in prehospitalization care. Results: Among the 151 participants enrolled, 82 participants (54.3%) were females and 69 participants (45.7%) were males. Among 151 participants 147(97.4%) participants thought that it was their responsibility to give first aid at a crash scene and 4(2.6%) participants didn’t think it was their responsibility to give first aid at a crash scene.148(98%) participants thought that anyone with the right knowledge on the first aid should provide it to crash victims and 149(98.7%) were willing to provide if they were to be given the right knowledge and would recommend civilians to be educated on recommended safe methods of ensuing first aid while 3(2%) participants didn’t think that anyone with the right knowledge should provide first aid at a crash scene and 2(1.3%) participants would neither take part in provision of first aid when given the right knowledge nor recommend education to civilians on first aid for victims of a crash accident. Conclusion: The overall perception of civilians among the 151 participants in our study on emergence care prior hospitalization was largely acceptable in terms of attitude, willingness and importance of first aid. Majority of participants in this study were willing to provide first aid if they were to be given the right knowledge. Training and equipping officers is recommended so that they can deliver competent post-crash care at the