22 Assessing the links between first aid training and community resilience FIgURE 1 REASoN FoR ATTENDINg FIRST AID TRAININg TO BE PREPARED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY FOR MY JOB OR TO HELP ME FIND WORK son FOR MY OWN SAFETY A OUT OF INTEREST re PART OF A COURSE ANOTHER REASON 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Percent emergency”, although people were able to give to agree that they felt part of the community more than one reason. Where people said they if other members of that community were had “another reason” for attending first aid trained alongside them, compared with if they training, it was often because they belonged to received the first aid training as an individual 3 Guides or Scouts, or coached a sports team. (94% compared with 91%, respectively). Note that the reason “part of a course” refers, for example, to a vocational or academic course, > Trained respondents who had received first rather than a specific first aid course. aid training more than once were significantly more likely to agree that people in their Almost all (97%) of the Trained respondents community watch out for each other as were satisfied or very satisfied with the first aid compared with those who had only been training they received from the British Red Cross. trained the once (85% compared with In illustration, one respondent commented that 75%, respectively).4 “I am very grateful for the brilliant training I received from the British Red Cross”. > People who were more willing to give first aid in an emergency were significantly more likely to agree that they felt part of their community, 3.3 indicators of community that people in the community watch out for resilience each other, and that people in the community are willing to help each other, than those who were less willing.5 3.3.1 Social connectedness > Conversely, confidence in ability to provide > The social connectedness of a community first aid was not related to any aspects of social was similar between the Trained and Control connectedness. This suggests that the degree groups, and, within the Control group, those of social connectedness is not affected by this having had previous training or not. more cognitive feature of first aid – that is, 2 3 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-5, others trained 4.4: trained > Respondents were significantly more likely individually 4.3, t(447)=-2.25, p<0.05. 4 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-5, more than once 4.1: once 4.0, 2 The terms ‘significant’ and ‘statistically significant’ in this report refer to t(489)=-2, p<0.05. the findings having been statistically tested with the results of this test 5 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-40. Feel part of community, indicating that the results obtained were less than 5% due to chance. agree 34.8: do not agree 32.7, t(564)=-2.74, p<0.01. Watch out for each This is expressed as the probability (p) of the result occurring by chance other, agree 34.8: do not agree 33.4, t(559)=-2.43, p<0.05. Willing to being (=) less than (<) a given percentage (0.05). help each other, agree 34.8: do not agree 32.8, t(562)=-3.15, p<0.01.