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    Examination of the Information and Opinions of Paramedic Students on Bioterrorism and Biological Agents
    (Düzce Üniversitesi, 2019) Demirağ, Hatice; Hintistan, Sevilay; Sevgi Doğan, Esin; Aynur Cin, Aynur; Tuncay, Birgül
    Aim: The aim of thisresearch is to examine the information and opinions of paramedic students aboutbioterrorism and biological agents. Material and Methods: This study was conducted between May and June 2018 that be madedescriptive. The universe of the research was the First and Emergency Program students(n=200) of Gümüşhane University Kelkit Health Services Vocational School. Studywas conducted with 164 students who agreed to fill out the study questionnaire.The data were collected by means of the "participant's introductoryinformation" and "participant's knowledge and opinions on bioterrorismand biological agents" questionnaire which are created by participants.Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum,percentage distributions) and Pearson Chi-square test were used in theevaluation of the data.Results: It wasdetermined that 51.8% of the paramedic candidates participating in the surveywere female, mean age was 19.99 ± 1.12 (Min: 18-Max: 24), 56.1% of them werefirst-year students, 50.6% of them were health vocational high school graduates, and 47.0% of them lived in the city, 48.2% isequivalent to the expense of the income. It was determined that approximatelyhalf of the students (55.5%) wanted to have education about bioterrorism, andthe majority (69.5%) knew the roles and responsibilities of the paramedicsagainst bioterrorism. In addition, it was determined that only 37.8% of thestudents knew that the detection of biological agents was difficult and couldnot be understood by the senses.Conclusion: While the majority of the students (69.5%) knew the roles andresponsibilities of the paramedics against bioterrorism, their knowledge ofbioterrorism and biological agents was not at the desired level. In line withthe findings obtained, training and exercise planning were conducted forparamedic candidates on bioterrorism and biological agents at certain periodsin the education-teaching processes.