出版社：Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências
摘要：The study aimed to verify the level of knowledge of high school students in a public school about first aid and their reactions to the needs of urgency and emergency. Method: this is a cross-sectional study of an applied nature, with a quantitative character. As for the purposes of the research, it is characterized as descriptive, with data being obtained through the application of a form to students from the 1st to the 3rd year of high school. Results: The study included 167 students, of both sexes, aged between 15 and 18 years old, of whom 95% reported that the school environment is indeed conducive to the occurrence of accidents and that they may need immediate first aid assistance, and according to these 37.7%, they have already gone through situations in which rapid intervention was necessary, but in these situations 50.2% did not know what to do. Conclusion: It was possible to realize the importance of training these students regarding first aid, in view of the environment to which they are exposed every day and how this knowledge can be effective and crucial in the face of situations of people who are victims of emergency circumstances.
关键词：School environment;Health education;Urgency and emergency.
