http://jnep.sciedupress.com Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 2016, Vol. 6, No. 7 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Developing disaster management and first aid guidelines for school teachers in Cairo Egypt Fathia Ahmed Mersal * , Rasmia Abd-El Sattar Aly Faculty of nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Received: December 5, 2015 Accepted: January 18, 2016 Online Published: February 17, 2016 DOI: 10.5430/jnep.v6n7p41 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v6n7p41 ABSTRACT Background: Each year, schools all over the world suffer from disasters, ranging from small to large damaging disasters that affect children safety and health. Teachers play significant roles in child protection. Therefore, teachers’ training is very important for effective school disaster management. Aim: This study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of educational guidelines on school teachers’ knowledge and skills regarding disasters and first aid management of school children. Methods: Quasi-experimental design utilized for conducting the study. Purposive sample of 59 school teachers from Mostafa Kamel preparatory school and Emad Ali Kamel primary school, Cairo Egypt was allocated. Data were collected through demographic data, school teachers’ first aid and disaster management knowledge, observation checklist for first aid and disaster management. Results: The study revealed that, regarding knowledge, 18.6% of teachers had satisfactory first aid knowledge pre intervention; meanwhile post intervention was 66.1%. For practice, 59.3% of them gained adequate first aid practice after implementation of program, while pre intervention only 10.2% of them had. Also 1.7% of them had satisfactory disaster management knowledge and practice pre intervention, meanwhile post intervention 61% of teachers got with statistical significant difference pre and post intervention. Positive correlation found (p > .000) among demographic characteristics, school teachers’ knowledge and practice of first aid and disaster management. Conclusions: The study concluded that a disaster management and first-aid training program for school teachers improved their knowledge and practice. Recommendation: Implementation of this program is highly recommended for all school teachers to enhance their knowledge and practice regarding disaster and first aid management. Further research needed to assess the impact of such programs on school health safety and child health. Key Words: Disaster management, First aid, School teachers, Educational guidelines 1. I NTRODUCTION Disasters have a significant concern both nationally and in- ternationally pertaining to damages caused by them. Re- cently, the number of natural and human-made disasters has increased dramatically. [1] According to UNDP 2008, no country that does not stand the threat of a disaster, though they may be threatened at different levels. [2] Disaster is a serious disruption of the function of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and im- pacts, which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope with using its own resources. [3] Children have considered primarily as vulnerable group vic- tims of disasters. [4] In addition, they are vulnerable to injuries * Correspondence: Fathia Ahmed Mersal; Email: khomarkh@yahoo.com; Address: Faculty of nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Published by Sciedu Press 41