A study to eva lute the effectiveness of educayional intervention on knowledge regarding first aid management of selected ailments among the school children in a selected school at chidambaram

The school children are more active having a high level of motor aggravation which leads them to learn new things quick and as fast as possible. This curiosity may sometime unfortunately lead into accidents which seek immediate attention failing in which the consequences may be much horrible.All the school children should receive first aid training and it is the need of the hour to facilitate the children with scientific knowledge. Title: Study to evaluate the effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge regarding first aid management of selected ailments among the school children in a selected school at Chidambaram.Objectives :To assess the knowledge on first aid management of selected ailments regarding Fainting, Drowning, Foreign bodies in the eye and ear among the school children before the educational intervention.To evaluate the effectiveness of educational intervention on first aidmanagement of selected ailments among the school children.Design:Quasi-experimental design one group pretest and post-test. Setting: Selected School at Chidambaram. Sampling Technique: Purposive sampling technique. Sample Size: 100 school children. Result:In relation to the level of knowledge in the pre-test almost 55 % of the school children had moderately adequate knowledge 45 % of school children had inadequate knowledge and none of them had adequate knowledge. Among them 77% of them had moderately adequate knowledge, 21 % of them had adequate knowledge and only 2% of them had inadequate knowledge in the post-test after educational intervention on first aid management. Conclusion: The study was concluded that the educational intervention program was effective in improving the knowledge of school children on first aid management of selected ailments.