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. 2018 Oct 24;36:67–70. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.10.013

Table 2.

Results from the survey.

N = 150 Percentage
History of Trauma (personal or relative) 48.7%
Training for Emergency
 None
 Some form of training
56.7%
39%
Main sources of info for first aid treatment
 Internet/social media
 First aid courses
 Physicians
50.7%
55.3%
20.7%
Expressed want to learn trauma and bleeding first aid skills
Reason to refrain from helping accident victims
 Fear of endangering the victim
 Medico-legal responsibility
86%
50%
50%
How to deal with bleeding
 Knew how to help a trauma victim with unstoppable bleeding
 knew what to do in case on unstoppable bleeding with the dressing soaked in blood
 Did not know how to respond
42.7%
45%
31%
Knew where the tourniquet must be applied in relation to a bleeding site 84%
How to respond to epistaxis
knew the best position to place the head in case of epistaxis
knew when a person with epistaxis had to be transferred to a medical center
32%
70%
Knew signs of internal bleeding 64%
Felt that “Stop the Bleed” campaign is useful for promoting health & raising awareness on safety of individuals 89%