# Mobile application for first aid to children: a technological innovation in schools

**Authors:** Rosana Castelo Branco de Santana, Márcia Maria Carneiro Oliveira, Amanda Aparecida Silva Rios, Nelson Miguel Galindo, Rosana Castelo Branco de Santana, Márcia Maria Carneiro Oliveira, Amanda Aparecida Silva Rios, Nelson Miguel Galindo

PMC · DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0057 · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 2025-03-10

## TL;DR

This paper presents a mobile app designed to help school professionals provide first aid to children and improve child safety in schools.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is a mobile app integrating educational content and accident logging for first aid in schools.

## Key findings

- The app includes multimedia resources to educate users on first aid for children.
- The app allows for the recording of accidents to support better incident management.
- The tool aims to prevent unintentional injuries and expand nurses' roles in education.

## Abstract

to develop a mobile application for first aid to children, designed for use by basic education professionals.

we carried out this applied research in three phases: 1-integrative review, 2- identification of learning needs through a cross-sectional study with 53 school professionals, and 3- app development.

the Child and Care (Criança e Cuidado) app includes three main sections (Important contacts, Learn first aid, and Record the accident). It incorporates multimedia resources such as videos and images to inform users about first aid in the school environment and allows accident logging.

this mobile app is a technological educational tool that, after validation, will disseminate crucial information to protect children’s health and safety. It is an initiative to prevent unintentional injuries and provide a strategy for expanding the role of nurses by integrating health and education.

desenvolver inovação tecnológica no formato de aplicativo móvel sobre primeiros socorros a crianças, para uso por profissionais da educação básica.

pesquisa aplicada de produção tecnológica, composta por três fases: 1 -revisão integrativa, 2-identificação das necessidades de aprendizagem (mediante pesquisa transversal com 53 profissionais de escolas) e 3-construção do aplicativo.

o aplicativo Criança e Cuidado é composto por 3 moblets principais (Contatos importantes; Aprenda primeiros socorros; e Registre aqui o acidente), contém recursos como vídeos e imagens e objetiva informar sobre primeiros socorros a crianças no ambiente escolar, possibilitando o registro dos acidentes ocorridos.

o aplicativo móvel é uma ferramenta educacional tecnológica que, após validação, permitirá a divulgação de informações essenciais para proteger a vida e saúde das crianças. Por isso, representa iniciativa de enfrentamento às lesões não intencionais infantis e estratégia para ampliar o espaço de atuação de enfermeiras ao articular saúde e educação.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** unintentional injuries (MESH:D014947)

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