Aims . One of the most important duties of aid workers is to perform first aids and rapid transfer of injured to treatment centers. According to importance of training the aid workers, the present study was to determine the educational needs of landguard corps aid workers and suggest a proper educational plan.
Methods. In an environmental study, aid workers' training curriculums of public health institutes of landguard corps inside the country, Red Crescent society and some selected countries studied. These curriculums beside a check list form presented to 60 scientific boards, trainers and managers of relevant educational centers and others had outstanding experience in this case to express their opinion about. Outputs analyzed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics (single-sample T test) by SPSS 11.
Results. There were some differences between the time schedule of some courses inside and outside. And also there were some courses taught inside were not in outside curriculums. Considering present situation and opinions of the experienced, a three month helper training curriculum suggested.
Conclusion. Regarding to geopolitical condition and extreme importance of middle east zone and readinessing the armed forces in all aspects, public health unit should quickly protected the possible war wounded by training adept helpers.
Babatabar Darzi H., Farzanegan Gh., Ebadi A., Javadinasab M., Nehrir B., Sadeghi Shermeh M.. Educational needs of landguard force aid workers . Educ Strategy Med Sci 2009; 2 (1) :7-8 URL: http://edcbmj.ir/article-1-17-en.html