Effect of First Aid Health Educational Intervention for Special Education School Teachers at Zagazig City Introduction: Injuries rank among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Additionally, first aid is the first assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury. In a special education school, teachers deal with more frequent and complex health emergencies than those in regular schools and the teacher is the closest to the students. Therefore, it is vital that teacher should be provided with first-aid knowledge and practical training, and teaching basic first aid should be compulsory. Aim of the study: This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of first aid health educational intervention for special education school teachers at Zagazig City. Research Hypotheses: 1. After implementation of educational program teacher's knowledge regarding first-aid will be improved. 2. After implementation of educational program teacher's practices regarding first-aid will be improved. Subjects and Methods: Research design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at: 1. El-Amal School for Deaf and Hard for Hearing. 2. Intellectual School. 3. El-Nour School for Blind. Study subjects: The study population included 60 teachers (male & female) recruited from the three schools. Tools of data collection: Two tools developed by the researcher, based on current related literature were used to collect the necessary data for achieving the study objectives: Tool I. A questionnaire sheet consisted of two parts: Part A: Socio-demographic characteristics of the teachers under study. Part B: Teacher’s knowledge about first aid. Tool II. An observational checklist used to assess the teacher's practice to first aid. Results: Results revealed that: The mean age of the teachers was 45.52±7.21 years, 71.7% of them were female. Meanwhile, 40% of teachers had post graduate education and 88.3% were married. Furthermore, the mean year of experience for the study teachers was 21.30±7.82 years. Previous experience in first aid reported by 53.3% of the study teachers as follows: for fainting first aid (38.3%), epistaxis (31.7%), and head injury (25%). There were highly statistically significant differences in teachers' knowledge and practices regarding to first aid throughout intervention phases (P<0.001). The total mean scores of teachers' knowledge increased from 28.58+19.15 in preprogram, to 82.83+14.67 immediately post program and decreased to 79.87+21.43, at 3 months of post program. The total mean scores of teachers' practices increased from 24.58+33.19 preprogram to 150.37+30.60 immediately post program, and decreased to 145.52+37.09, at 3 months of post program. Conclusion and recommendations: It can be concluded from the results of this study that, the health educational intervention was effective in increasing the level of teachers' knowledge and practices of first aid. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations are suggested: It is recommended that health education about first aid should be provided to all teachers in the special schools. Illustrated booklets for maintaining knowledge and practices of the most important care needs for first aid should be available in all schools. Continuing health education should be provided to all teachers to update their knowledge and practices. Knowledge and good practicing of first aid is compulsory for recruiting teachers dealing with children.…