ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIORS OF BUS AND LORRY DRIVERS REGANDUIG CAUSALITIES AND FIRST AID

This study has been carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of bus and lorry drivers on first aid. Questionnaire was given to 84 drivers (37 bus drivers, 47 lorry drivers). It has been found out that the great majority of the study group did not know what to do in cases of respiratory problems, bleeding, penetrating abdominal injuries, fractures, burns and freezing. The knowledge of the drivers who have been working for 10 years and less was found to be more than the drivers who have been working for mere than 10 years. 70% of the drivers had a drivers license without training on first aid. It was found that 90.5% of the vehicles had a first aid bag. Among the drivers in the study group, 8.3 % believed that their knowledge on firs aid was sufficient, 40.5 % of them believed that their knowledge was partially sufficient, and 51.1% of them believed that their knowledge was not sufficient. 64.3 % of the drivers said they would be willing to attend a training programme on the first aid. It can be concluded that all people, particularly drivers at first, must be trained on the first aid to reduce incidence of deaths related to traffic accidents. Lectures on first aid and prevention of accidents must be included in curricumulus of training and education instutions of various levels. Press organs such as TV and radio must allocate more time and opportunities for training of people on these subjects.

OTOBÜS VE KAMYON ÞOFÖRLERÝNÝN ÝLK YARDIM KONUSUNDAKÝ BÝLGÝ TUTUM VE DAVRANIÞLARI

Otobüs ve kamyon þoförlerinin ilkyardým konusundaki bilgi tutum ve davranýþlarýný deðerlendirmek amacýyla yapýlan bu çalýþmada 37 otobüs ve 47 kamyon þoförü olmak üzere 84 þoföre anket uygulanmýþtýr. Araþtýrma grubuna alýnan þoförlerin büyük çoðunluðunun suni solunum uygulama, kapalý kalp masajý uygulama, kýrýklar, kanama, delici karýn yaralanmalarý, yanma ve donma gibi durumlarda ne yapacaklarýný yeterince bilmedikleri saptanmýþtýr. Çalýþma süresi 10 yýldan daha az olanlarýn ilkyardým konusundaki bilgileri meslekte 10 yýldan uzun süredir çalýþanlara göre daha yüksektir. Þoförlerin % 70.07 ilk yardým eðitimi almadan ehliyet almýþtýr. Araçlarýn % 90.5' inde ilk yardým çantasý bulunmaktadýr. Þoförlerin % 8.3'ü ilk yardým konusundaki bilgilerinin yeterli olduðuna, % 40.5'i kýsmen yeterli ve % 51.2'si ise yetersiz olduðuna inanmaktadýr. Þoförlerin % 64.3'ü ilkyardým konusunda yapýlacak olan eðitime katýlmak istemektedirler. Sonuç olarak trafik kazalarýna baðlý ölüm insidansýný azaltmak için: þoförler baþta olmak üzere herkes ilkyardým konusunda eðitilmelidir. Her düzeydeki eðitim kurumlarýnýn programlarýnda kazalarý önleme ve ilkyardým konusundaki derslere yer verilmelidir. Televizyon ve radyo baþta olmak üzere toplu iletiþim araçlarýnda eðitim programlarýna daha fazla zaman ayrýlmalýdýr.