A SELF-INSTRUCTING FIRST AID COURSE FOR DRIVING SCHOOLS - A PRELIMINARY REPORT

The article reports results from the use of the laerdal self-instructing system introduced in Norway. The system is based on tape-recorded instructions, illustrations and an instruction booklet. Students practised on a training manikin using first aid equipment listed in the article and recommended by IAAM, LRCS and WHO. Driving school students were taught in classes of up to 15 receiving a total time of 135 minutes instruction and practice. Results from a performance test showed that 97 per cent were able to achieve effective mouth-to-mouth artificial resuscitation and 85 per cent were successful using the mouth-to-mask method. Other tests indicated that the self-instructing course could be used by non-professional first aid instructors to efficiently teach road accident first aid in three lessons. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • Ulrik, N M
  • Blikra, G
  • Breivik, H
  • Lind, B
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 61
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Equipment; First aid; Lectures; Methodology; Training; Training devices
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• ITRD Terms: 1571: Driver training; 3674: Equipment; 2175: First aid; 8516: Lecture; 9102: Method; 8084: Norway
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Anlaytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM