Study of the preparedness of bystanders with no medical education for first aid provision in multiple casualty incidents

Multiple casualty incidents (MCIs) almost always accompany disasters occurring in our country. Providing first aid is considered a major challenge among the population. An important role is assigned to the potential reserve among eyewitnesses, because often the first specialized medical care is remote in place and time. The adaptation of the basic medical techniques for rendering first aid to the knowledge of potential eyewitnesses among the population with non-medical education has been made, which is among one of the main priorities of the trainers.After the comparative analysis between the first group respondents (FGR) and second group respondents (SGR), we came to several conclusions. There was a group of signs that united the two studied groups: most of the respondents in both groups were earthquake survivors—84.56% of FGR and 42% of SGR; the emergency medical service (EMS) was the most trusted source according to all participants (FGR—68.45%, SGR—50.98%) for providing FA, with the least reliance on the GP; both groups were unsure of their skills (partial and none) in providing FA in MCI—a total of 68.71% of FGR, and 53.59% of SGR; the desire to gain more knowledge in both groups was the same—94% of the total number of respondents answered positively