Citation

Mckenna SP, Hale AR. J. Occup. Accid. 1982; 4(1): 47-59.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Four-hour courses in emergency first aid training attended by workers at two factories have been shown to produce an improvement in injury accident rates. Interviews conducted with experimental and control subjects before and after the training show that the improvement in safety was associated with an increase in trainees' perceived responsibility to take action to avoid injury and in their willingness to adopt safe behaviour, resulting from an increased awareness of the consequences of injury. The first aid training did not lead to a greater awareness of danger or risk-taking behaviour. It is concluded that the first aid training motivates trainees to adopt safer behaviour but that knowledge of how to avoid danger is also necessary to produce an improvement in safety.