Students are extremely active and often compromise their safety for the sake of fun and excitement. As a result, they are more likely to be caught in a detrimental state such as having injuries that can be fatal if not aided promptly. According to the study of Kilinc and Gur (2020), such risky behaviours of students are connected to their demographic characteristics and health beliefs. 

 

The researchers built a teaching-learning device called Health and Safety Practices for School Incidents and Emergencies (HASSIE) to solve this problem. It is a wooden device that includes miniatures, printed data, and electrical components which demonstrates the different types of medical emergencies and facility incidents. Moreover, it has recordings, brochures, games, and Quick Response (QR) Codes which can redirect them to play the videos. 

 

To test its effectiveness, students were put through a pretest and a post-test to know their level of knowledge, while an evaluation form was then made for the evaluators to thoroughly rate the device. HASSIE had a notable effect on the level of their understanding of school-related emergencies and incidents by using a t-test to know the acceptability of the hypothesis that the device would be accepted. On the pretest, 26.2 was the average score that the students had, while they had an average score of 39.6 on their post-test. 

 

The device was rated using the weighted mean and it garnered the average score of 3.86, 3.95, and 3.7 respectively in terms of its content, design, and structure.Thus, the overall rating that the experts gave to the device was a score of 3.84 which was highly effective. General results proved that HASSIE was effective in improving students’ understanding of school incidents and emergencies.