Table 2 Proportions of doctors providing correct answers regarding treatment for common emergencies

Trauma care (mean proportion of correct answer and SD)

-

44.70 (19.24)

 Principles of general first aid for major fracture

171

56.6

 Principles of bone / joint immobilization for fractures

141

46.7

 Principle of first aid for open fractures

229

75.8

 Criteria/indications for cervical spine immobilization

64

21.2

 Choice of equipment to be used for cervical spine immobilization

133

44.0

 First aid for patients with pneumothorax under pressure

110

36.4

 Method of haemostasis for wounds

97

32.1

Cardiovascular emergencies (mean proportion of correct answer and SD)

-

20.53 (13.34)

 Criteria of diagnosis necessitating cardiopulmonary resuscitation

78

25.8

 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation method (CAB)

72

23.8

 The rate of cardiac compression when having only one person for emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation

56

18.5

 First aid for heart attack

174

57.6

 First aid on stroke patients, criteria for using drugs to control blood pressure

49

16.2

For first aid patients with stroke, drug of choice for controlling blood pressure

5

1.7

General critical care (mean proportion of correct answer and SD)

 -

54.64 (14.91)

 Modalities for safe transportation of patients

277

91.7

 Kind of abdominal pain in appendix

270

89.4

 Purpose of assessing and triage classification of patients in emergency

96

31.8

 First aid for anaphylaxis which occurs during infusion

194

64.2

 Signs of airway obstruction

206

68.2

 Technic of the Heimlich method

88

29.1

 Indications for gastric lavage in patients with hypnotic poisoning

24

7.9

Less common medical emergencies (mean proportion of correct answer and SD)

-

44.94 (16.34)

 If a femoral fracture occurs, how much blood could be lost

87

28.8

 First aid for electric shock

237

78.5

 First aid for drowning

248

82.1

 First aid for thermal burns

225

74.5

 First aid for snake bite

97

32.1

 Common signs of heat-stroke

56

18.5