Objective To understand the present state of the first-aid knowledge of the students of certain college in Changchun so as to provide references for the normative and systematic implementation of the education for college student first-aid knowledge and skills.Method To adopt self-designed questionnaire to survey1 239 college students of certain university in Changchun.Results The qualification rate of the first-aid knowledge of the college students was 47.5%

and the differences in the qualification rates of the first-aid knowledge of the college students of different sexes

academic years

and having or having not received trainings on first-aid were statistically significant（χ2 numbers being 4.295

7.894

and 168.032 respectively

and P<0.05）.The differences in the rate of rescue others of different sexes and having or having not received trainings on first-aid were statistically significant（χ2 numbers being 3.169

41.214 respectively

and P<0.05）.The major sources of first-aid knowledge of the college students were visual-audio media like internet and TV and printed publications

accounting for 85.3%and 83.1%respectively.96.0% of college students were willing to learn first-aid knowledge

and their desired channels of learning included courses on first-aid

lectures by specialists

and pamphlets on first-aid which occupied 83.3%

73.6% and 71.2% respectively.ConclusionThe degree of popularizing first-aid knowledge among college students was low.The effort to popularize firstaid knowledge and skills in college students should be enhanced so as to lessen the degree of physical damage and reduce the rate of mortality.