目的调查吉林市城市社区老年人急救自救知识掌握情况,为提高社区老年人急救自救能力提供依据。方法随机选取吉林市临江社区、松北二区社区、江滨社区和长江社区448例老年人进行自行设计的问卷调查,对各种常见急危重病症和意外伤害的急救自救知识进行调查。结果社区老年人急救自救知识普遍欠缺,其中心绞痛、脑卒中及心肺复苏方法等急救自救知识的掌握程度最差,掌握率均低于10.0%;而其余项目的掌握率也不足31.0%。结论社区老年人的急救自救知识掌握欠佳,急救自救能力差,并且部分老年人的自救意识不够强。应加强老年人急救自救知识的普及和培训,提高老年人院前急救成功率。 Objective To investigate the knowledge of first aid and self-help of the elderly in urban community of Jilin City and provide evidence for improving the emergency rescue ability of the elderly in the community. Methods A random sample of 448 seniors from Jilin Linjiang Community, Songbei Second District Community, Jiangbin Community and Yangtze River Community was surveyed to investigate the knowledge of first aid and self-help of various common critical illness and accidental injuries. Results The knowledge of first aid and self-help in the community was generally lacking. The knowledge of first aid and self-help such as angina pectoris, stroke and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was the worst. The mastery rate was less than 10.0%. The remaining items were less than 31.0%. Conclusion Community elders have poor knowledge of first aid, self-help of first aid and poor self-help of some seniors. The popularization and training of the knowledge of emergency and self-help in the elderly should be strengthened so as to improve the success rate of pre-hospital emergency care for the elderly.