Emergencies in Sports
Session
Sport, Health and Society
Description
The current study was done with the objective of assessing the awareness and attitude regarding first aid among the master students at the Sport University of Tirana. A questionnaire on medical emergencies in sports has been created. The questionnaire is divided into 6 sections. It was carried out in 96 students of the master's degree of the first year in 2019-2020. This included questions on awareness of first aid measures for various situations as well as questions to capture attitude of students regarding first aid. As a result of the study, 86% had knowledge about emergencies in sports, for loss of consciousness 82%, for neck trauma, 84.5%, for heat stroke 43%, management of hyperthermia 83%, for hemoglobinopathy 54%, no knowledge of the sudden death management, for the management in the ABC concept, 96% and for brain trauma 56%. The score shows a positive attitude toward learning first aid. The main question which rises is does incorrect first aid do more harm than good. The answer is people who are not sure of what first aid measure to take in a situation usually do not venture to do it. Second, we found that the popular knowledge regarding first aid among the students is full of misconceptions and wrong information. This
Keywords:
First Aid, Sports, Students
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
First Page
1
Last Page
2
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.10
Recommended Citation
Agolli, Lindita and Erindi, Altin, "Emergencies in Sports" (2022). UBT International Conference. 10.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/10
Emergencies in Sports
Lipjan, Kosovo
The current study was done with the objective of assessing the awareness and attitude regarding first aid among the master students at the Sport University of Tirana. A questionnaire on medical emergencies in sports has been created. The questionnaire is divided into 6 sections. It was carried out in 96 students of the master's degree of the first year in 2019-2020. This included questions on awareness of first aid measures for various situations as well as questions to capture attitude of students regarding first aid. As a result of the study, 86% had knowledge about emergencies in sports, for loss of consciousness 82%, for neck trauma, 84.5%, for heat stroke 43%, management of hyperthermia 83%, for hemoglobinopathy 54%, no knowledge of the sudden death management, for the management in the ABC concept, 96% and for brain trauma 56%. The score shows a positive attitude toward learning first aid. The main question which rises is does incorrect first aid do more harm than good. The answer is people who are not sure of what first aid measure to take in a situation usually do not venture to do it. Second, we found that the popular knowledge regarding first aid among the students is full of misconceptions and wrong information. This