KNOWLEDGE , ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) REGARDING FIRST AID AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT MEDICAL COLLEGES

First Aid is the immediate help provided to a sick or injured person and is concerned not only with physical injury or illness but with other initial care. A cross sectional study was conducted from august 2017 to September 2017 among medical students to investigate the basic knowledge and understanding of First Aid among the medical students. It is very important that general public especially medical students know about First Aid in order to save the lives and prevent the early morbidity and mortality in emergency situation. If First Aid is not given properly it can sometimes hurt rather than help an injured person or even be harmful to the person giving the First Aid. When an accident happens, a First Aid program that meets the requirement and is tailored to the type and size of emergency can literally make the difference between life and mortality, or recovery and permanent disability. Key words: First aid, awareness, medical students, morbidity, mortalit