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TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, vol.12, no.2, pp.151-156, 2013 (Scopus)
Aim: It was aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the three days module given to the assistant health personnel working in 112 ambulances. Methods: It was assumed that all the personnel working in the 112 ambulance systems under the health directory of Ki{dotless}ri{dotless}kkale city would be involved. Theoretic and practical first aid training was given to all the personnel attending to the course in 6 groups of 20-25 with duration of 3 days for each. A 50 itemed questionnaire was applied to all the groups before and after the training. Results: 132 people working in ambulance system in Ki{dotless}ri{dotless}kkale city were involved in training. 63.6% of the personnel involved in the study were male and 66% were married. When they were grouped according to age, it was determined that 44% of them were in 26-35 age group. When they were grouped according to branches, it was determined that 47% of them were emergency medical technician (EMT) and 40.2% were health officer. When their level of education was taken into consideration, it was determined that 53% of them were graduates of high school and 43.2% were graduates of associate degree. 50.8% of all the personnel had a job experience of 1-5 years. When all the groups were evaluated together, there was a statistical meaningful difference (p<0.001) between pretest success grade (29.58±6.74) and posttest success grade (39.81±4.68). When EMT, paramedics and the other groups were compared; there was a pr test grade difference(p=0,003) between EMT and paramedics group(31,55±6,52) and the others' group(27.70±6.4). There wasn't a grade difference between EMT, paramedics group and the others' group in posttest (p=0.765). Conclusion: The occupational training module which was done in a limited time was determined to be effective in providing a meaningful positive difference in knowledge level and providing personnel knowledge level standardization.