All respondents n=150 | FA training vs no FA training once those with medical training (n=37) were excluded n=113 | Between-group comparison (p value) | |||||
All | With FA training | No FA training | |||||
Mean score of 12 (n) | 10.31 (150) | 10.57 (68) | 10.18 (45) | ||||
Scenario (correct response) | Incorrect | With 95% CI | Incorrect | With 95% CI | Incorrect | With 95% CI | |
1. Woman in labour (no) | 47.8% (77/161) | 40.1 to 55.6 | 38.6% (27/70) | 27.2 to 49.9 | 49.1% (26/53) | 35.6 to 62.5 | 0.245 |
2. Heart attack (yes) | 1.2% (2/161) | −0.5 to 3.0 | 0% 0/70 | – | 1.9% (1/53) | −1.8 to 5.6 | 0.249 |
3. Chronic back pain (no) | 7.5% (12/160) | 3.4 to 11.6 | 2.9% (2/70) | −1.0 to 6.8 | 15.4% (8/52) | 5.6 to 25.2 | 0.013 |
4. Overdose (yes) | 0% (0/159) | – | 0% (0/70) | – | 0% (0/51) | – | – |
5. Drunk (no) | 12% (19/158) | 7.0 to 17.1 | 7.2% (5/69) | 1.1 to 13.4 | 21.6% (11/51) | 10.3 to 32.9 | 0.023 |
6. Knife cut (no) | 3.8% (6/156) | 0.8 to 6.9 | 2.9% (2/69) | −1.1 to 6.9 | 4.1% (2/49) | −1.5 to 9.6 | 0.726 |
7. Lego in nose (no) | 8.3% (13/156) | 4.0 to 12.7 | 5.8% (4/69) | 0.3 to 11.3 | 10.2% (5/49) | 1.7 to 18.7 | 0.374 |
8. Stroke (yes) | 25.2% (39/155) | 18.3 to 32.0 | 27.5% (19/69) | 17 to 38.1 | 29.2% (14/48) | 16.3 to 42.0 | 0.847 |
9. Head bump (no) | 16.2% (25/153) | 10.5 to 22.2 | 11.6% (8/69) | 4.0 to 19.1 | 19.1% (9/47) | 7.9 to 30.4 | 0.259 |
10. Haematuria (no) | 1.9% (3/155) | 0.2 to 4.1 | 0% (0/69) | 6.2% (3/48) | −0.6 to 13.1 | 0.035 | |
11. RTC (yes) | 1.9% (3/154) | 0.2 to 4.1 | 2.9% (2/69) | −1.1 to 6.9 | 0% (0/48) | 0.234 | |
12. Meningitis (yes) | 53.3% (81/152) | 45.0 to 61.4 | 57.4% (39/68) | 44.8 to 69.3 | 67.4% (31/46) | 52.0 to 80.5 | 0.280 |
FA, first aid; RTC, road traffic collision.