Abstract:
Everyday emergencies are always present and occurring that require
immediate help to avoid death and disability. Basic life support training is very
helpful in providing help at the scene. Knowledge related to handling first aid is
very important for ordinary people who often encounter accidents on the road,
especially for adolescents who are still active in activities outside the home. The
purpose of this learning is to prove the effect of the direct instruction learning model
on the level of knowledge about students' basic life support at high school 1 Puri
Mojokerto. Research method that used is pre experimental design to design one
group pretest-posttest. The population of all students of class X and XI in high
school 1 Puri Mojokerto is 739 students. Sampling technique that used the research
it was stratified random sampling so that the samples are obtained as many as 74
students. Instruments in this research is a questionnaire. Based on the results of the
analysis of test Wilcoxon signed rank test found that the value of p value = 0.000
and α = 0 , 05, then the case is showing p <α which means that research is show
that there is effect of the direct instruction learning model to the level of knowledge
about basic life support students in high school 1 Puri Mojokerto. Significant
increase in knowledge was caused by respondents have been given learning through
direct instruction with lecture, demonstration, question and answer and independent
training methods. Students are expected to increase the knowledge about basic life
support so that it can apply to real conditions such as when there are victims
stopping breathing and cardiac arrest, after students have applied in real conditions
can share knowledge and experience with peers or the surrounding community to
foster empathy and help others.
