First Aid and Hygiene Tips for Professionalization of Home Service

Abstract

Home care in Africa is changing drastically; requiring that more trained and dedicated hands should be involved in this profession to ensure that individuals who need these services are given the best. The position of the present paper is that the knowledge of first aid and hygiene tips should be a pre-requisite for qualifying to practice home care services. Thus drawing from existing literature, the present article explores the descriptions of first aid, the need for professional home care services to receive and acquire the knowledge of first aid, some conditions that may require first aid, and various content of a good first aid box. It was concluded that every citizen starting from children in nursery schools should be trained in first aid and hygiene tips.