A study on the willingness toward performing on-site first aid among employees at the hot springs in Tainan city

• Main Authors: CHANG,CHIA-FENG, 張嘉峰
• Other Authors: 蘇世斌
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56511744884320165878

碩士 === 南臺科技大學 === 休閒事業管理系 === 105 === Background: Hot springs are now a very popular activity for leisure and tourism, but visiting hot springs could cause sudden health problems or even cardiac arrest. Under this kind of emergency, if the hot spring relies on emergency medical technicians to arrive at the scene, usually it is too late. It may be more effective to rescue the victim if he or she can receive immediate emergency treatment from the hot spring'semployees. In Taiwan, there is currently no legal requirement for hot springs employees to receive training on emergency first aid treatment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the capability and willingness of hot spring employees to offer help in resuscitating a victim of medical emergency. Objective: To explore the willingness of hot spring employees to give on-site first aid and the factors that influence their decision, and to understand the possible problems of emergency management in hot springs. Method: In this study, we conducted a cross-sectional study using questionnaires to survey the willingness of hot spring facilities to provide on-site first aid and the difficulties of implementing it. The study's subjects were hot spring facility employees in Tainan city from September to November 2016. We selected hot spring facilities with certified registration with the city. The questionnaire included basic demographic data, willingness of hot spring employees to provide on-site first aid, and the barriers involved in providing it. Results: A total of 250 employees were surveyed and 11 invalid questionnaires were excluded (a total of 239 valid questionnaires collected). The study showed that 26.8% of the participating hot spring employees did not have prior CPR training. 58.6% stated that the barrier to receiving training was the lack of learning resources. Only 25.5% of subjects expressed high willingness to provide complete CPR to their customers. Based on the questionnaires, men were more willing to apply CPR than women, and people who had previously received first aid training were more willing to apply CPR than people had not received prior training. For those who were not willing to provide CPR, the major barrier was fear of performing it incorrectly. Conclusion: Our study shows that the willingness of the hot spring practitioners to perform complete CPR is low. Based on the questionnaires, the major barrier to learning this basic life-saving technique is the lack of suitable learning sources. Recent emergency training course will affect the status of rescue, the first-aid education and training system need more emphasized.