[en] Background Children spend a great part of their time in schools, where they are very likely to suffer some kind of accident, so teachers need to correctly assist them before health services arrive to prevent further damage and minimize aftereffects. Despite this, Elementary Education bachelor studies do not include any first aid related courses. Previous studies have shown that, in general, Elementary Education teachers are not sufficiently trained in first aid skills to adequately act in an emergency situation in the classroom. Objectives The main aim of this project is to determine the effectiveness of a nurse teaching intervention on first aid to instruct Elementary School teachers in A Coruña, Spain. The secondary objectives are, in the first place, to determine Elementary School teachers in A Coruña level of knowledge about first aid of Elementary School; and, in the second place, to explore the correlation between level of knowledge on first aid and age, gender, field of expertise, other supplementary trainings and years of teaching experience. Methods We propose a quasi-experimental non-randomized before-after study with teachers from 5 randomly selected public and private schools of Elementary School in the city of A Coruña. Knowledge about first aid will be evaluated with a validated questionnaire before and after the intervention, which will consist of four theoretical-practical sessions covering different aspects related to knowledge and actions giving the main types of accidents and emergencies in child population. It is expected that the results of this study will have applicability in the areas of welfare, education and research, and will have socioeconomic benefits. In addiction to the information of the corresponding school, socio-demographic and teaching experience variables of each participating teacher will be recorded. A descriptive bivariate and multivariate analysis will be carried out to calculate improvement in level of knowledge on first aid and related variables.

[gl] Os nenos pasan una gran parte do tempo nos centros escolares, onde é moi probable que sufran algún tipo de accidente. Ante esta situación, os profesores deben actuar antes da chegada dos servizos sanitarios co fin de evitar que os danos sexan maiores e minimizar as secuelas. A pesar disto, o grao en Educación Primaria non inclúe asignaturas onde os futuros docentes se formen en primeiros auxilios, e consultando estudios previos, sábese que non teñen os coñecementos suficientes para actuar en caso de emerxencia Obxectivos O obxectivo principal deste proxecto é determinar a efectividade dunha intervención enfermeira sobre primeiros auxilios en profesores de Educación Primaria. Os obxectivos secundarios son, en primeiro lugar, determinar o nivel de coñecementos sobre primeiros auxilios no profesorado de Educación Primaria da cidade da Coruña; e, en segundo lugar, determinar a asociación entre o nivel de coñecementos sobre primeiros auxilios no profesorado de Educación Primaria e a idade, sexo, especialidade, formación recibida e os anos de experiencia docente. Metodoloxía Plantéxase un estudo cuasi-experimental non aleatorizado de tipo antes-despois en profesores de Educación Primaria de cinco colexios públios e privados/concertados de Educación Primaria da cidade da Coruña aleatoriamente seleccionados. Os coñecementos sobre primeiros auxilios evaluaránse cun cuestionario validado antes e despois da intervención, que consistirá en catro sesión teórico-prácticas nas que se tratarán temas relacionados cos coñecementos e a actuación ante os principais tipos de accidentes e emerxencias na poboación infantil. De cada profesor que participe no estudo, recollerase ademáis información referente ó seu centro de traballo, variables sociodemográficas e variables de experiencia docente. Realizarase un análisis descriptivo, bivariante e multivariante para determinar a melloría no se nivel de coñecementos sobre primeiros auxilios e as variables asociadas.