Assessing The Level Of First-Aid Knowledge Among Undergraduate Medical Students In King Saud University

Objective: 1. To assess the level of first-aid knowledge among undergraduate medical students in King Saud University.2. To compare the level of first-aid knowledge between students across the five years of medical training in King Saud University. 3. To assess the difference in first-aid knowledge between trained and untrained studentsMethods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 200 students across the five years of the College of Medicine, King Saud University. Using the simple random technique with the help of a questionnaire, the data were processed using SPSS (version 21).Results: The mean score of correct answers was 11.4 (47%). First-aid trained students had higher mean scores than untrained students, while fifth-year students scored better than any other year.Conclusion: Overall, students' level of first-aid knowledge was moderate. Inadequate first-aid knowledge among medical students might be related to the lack of first-aid training courses implemented in the curriculum throughout the five years of medical college and to the students' lack of interest in participating electively in extracurricular firstaid training programs.