Trial reportPloS one2021
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice on first aid management of choking and associated factors among kindergarten teachers in Addis Ababa governmental schools, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional institution-based study.
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- Knowledge and first aid management of choking children among parents in a tertiary care hospital, Sri Lanka.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Public Awareness and Application of the Heimlich Maneuver: A Survey of Shenzhen Residents.Cureus · 2025Article
- Medical Students' Knowledge and Adherence to Paediatric Choking Rescue Manoeuvre Guidelines: A Multicentre Study of Medical Education Curricula.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Medical Students Toward Prehospital Emergency Care: A Cross-Sectional Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- Knowledge attitude and practice towards foreign body aspiration management among kindergarten teachers in south-west Amhara, rural Ethiopia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- ChokeSafe: Empowering Children with Life-Saving Choking-Management Skills.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Knowledge and misconceptions of choking and first-aid procedures among Syrian adults: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice toward first aid management of choking hazards among Eastern Province Saudi adults: an observational study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
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- Teacher Preparedness for Medical Emergencies in Belgian Classrooms: Studying Objective and Subjective First-Aid Knowledge.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Development and Application of AR-Based Assessment System for Infant Airway Obstruction First Aid Training.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChoking refers to a blockage of upper airways by food or other objects resulting in interruption of breathing. It is a medical emergency that needs immediate action by anyone near by the victim to save life. Chocking is a major cause of illness and death in the pediatric population under the age of 5 years. Children at this age spent more time in their school and are at high risk during their feeding and playing. Immediate provision of first aid in response to choking by a preschool teacher will help to decrease the risk of developing life-threatening complications, length of hospital stays, the cost of treatment, and death.
methodsInstitutional-based cross-sectional study design was applied to the study area using pretested, structured, and self-administered questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with Knowledge, attitude, and practice of kindergarten teachers towards first aid management of choking.
resultsA total of 224 Kindergarten teachers were involved in the study with a response rate of 95%. Only eighty-three (37%) of them were knowledgeable and 97 (43.3%) have faced a choked child in the school compound. Of these, only 42 (43.2%) had provided first aid to the victim. Most of the respondents 95.1% had a positive attitude towards choking first aid and 57.1% of them agreed that choking needs immediate management. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that Kindergarten teachers with the previous first aid training were 2.9 times more knowledgeable than those kindergarten teachers without previous first aid training (AOR: 2.902, 95% CI: 1.612, 5.227).
conclusionsThe level of knowledge and skills for providing first aid for choking children among kindergarten teachers is low. There is a need for urgent intervention to train teachers regarding the provision of first aid for choking children.
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