Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and practice of first aid among the commercial drivers in the Kumaon region of India
Author(s) -
Sadhana Awasthi,
Gaihemlung Pamei,
Hariom Kumar Solanki,
Amandeep Kaur,
Maneesh Bhatt
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_295_19
Subject(s) - first aid , medicine , family medicine , cross sectional study , data collection , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , pathology
First aid assistance is one of the important life-saving skills. According to World Health Organization, over 50 million people are injured or disabled and over 1.2 million people die following Road Traffic Accident (RTA) every year. Providing the basic care until emergency medical services arrive is the essence of first aid, which will prevent a number of RTA-related mortality and morbidity.