ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS AND TRAINING REGARDING FIRE EMERGENCIES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF 1ST AND 2ND PROFF OF GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE, BHOPAL - AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY

Shweta Shrivastava; Harshima Sawlani

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS AND TRAINING REGARDING FIRE EMERGENCIES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF 1ST AND 2ND PROFF OF GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE, BHOPAL - AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY

Shweta Shrivastava, Harshima Sawlani

Abstract :

Background: One of the essential components in building infrastructure plans in medical college and hospital settings is fire safety and provision of fire safety systems. Many injuries and deaths could be caused by fire accidents in hospitals. Awareness regarding the use of these systems in various instances is essential to all health care workers including doctors, medical students and associated staff. Objectives: 1) To determine awareness regarding fire emergencies among undergraduate students of 1st and 2nd proff of Gandhi Medical College. 2) To train participants about preventive methods related to fire safety. 3) To reassess increase in awareness after the interventional program. Methods: This was an educational interventional study conducted on undergraduate students of 1st and 2nd proff of Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal over 3 months duration. Results: The awareness among students of 1st and 2nd proff who were assessed before intervention was 53.47%. The participants were trained under the guidance of an expert who has been working in this field for the past 20 years. After the intervention, mean increment in awareness was found to be 87.9% from 53.5% which meant a total increase in awareness by 34.5%. Conclusion: The knowledge of the participants about fire safety was inadequate, which showed improvement after the educational intervention.