Evaluating Coache's Knowledge for Giving First Aids to Injured Athletes in Sports Arenas

The aim of current study is evaluating coaches'' knowledge for giving first aids to injured athletes in sports arenas. There is a descriptive- correlation method in an applying aspect which conducted in a field study. The population for this research was the entire coaches in Kerman، Iran that were 359 people. A sample was determined for this population. The data was collected from a self questionary performed by the author for evaluating coaches'' knowledge about first aids، that its content certainty was 90% and its reliability was determined by Chronbach''s alpha coefficient (95%). The findings from analysis data showed that the knowledge level for most of men coaches was low 43. 90%) and for most of women coaches was in a middle level (48. 50 %). Moreover، there is a significant correlation between knowledge level and graduation degree (P<%5) but there isn''t any significant relationship between knowledge level with coaching experiment and coaches'' ages (P> %5). In regard to critical role of coaches in developing sports and unavoidability of injuries in sports، it seems necessary to try for first aids instruction in different courses of coaching.