| The purpose of this descriptive research was to examine the relationships between attitude, perception role, and first aid for road traffic accident victims by first responders, Ubonratchathani. The samples included 185 first responders, working in Muang and
Varinchumrab district, Ubonratchathani province. Data were collected during 1-28 February, 2007
using self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistic, frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation were used. The Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Chi-square, and one way ANOVA were used for hypothesis testing.
The results revealed that most subjects were trained in first aid course at least one time (74.7). The attitudes of first responders in high and moderate level were 84.5 % and 14.6 %, respectively. The perception roles at low and moderate level were 81.2 % and 17.1 %, respectively. The first aid performances were equally 50 % at moderate and high level. In addition, sex, age, marital status, education level, occupation, working year, experience as rescuer, and first aid training did not significantly relate with attitude. The attitudes of first responders from different departments were statistically significant difference (F=0.063, p<0.05). The education level and perception role showed statistically significant relation (r = 0.006, p<0.05). Age, education level, and first aid training statistically significantly related with first aid (r = 0.021, 0.010, and 0.013, respectively, p<0.05). Moreover, the attitude exhibited statistically significant positive correlation with perception roles and first aid (r = 0.400, and 0.397, respectively, p<0.01). The perception role showed statically significant positive correlation with first aid (r = 0.485, p<0.01). |