Abstract: Objective To investigate the willingness of medical college students to rescue strangers from accidental injuries, and to analyze the influencing factors. Methods The multi-stage stratified method was used to randomly select the college students in two medical colleges for questionnaire survey, and the influencing factors of willingness to rescue were analyzed by Logistic regression analysis method. Results Among the 1 455 medical college students, 457 were male and 998 were female, with an average age of （21.3 ± 2.0） years, and 38.1% of the students were willing to rescue. Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with the general willingness to rescue, medical students who participated in training in recent three years （OR=1.497）, whose fathers were farmers （OR=1.712） and whose mothers were businessmen （OR=1.738） were more likely to rescue strangers; Compared with the general willingness to rescue, medical students whose fathers were businessmen （OR=2.484） were more likely to be unwilling to rescue strangers, while whose mothers were farmers （OR=0.448） and studying in general medical university （OR=0.501） were less likely to be unwilling to rescue strangers. Medical students were more willing to rescue the same sex than businessmen and the elderly. Conclusion Medical college students have a higher willingness to rescue strangers from accidental injuries. Whether or not to participate in first aid training affects their willingness to rescue. The first aid skills training of medical students should be strengthened to improve their willingness to rescue.

Key words: Medical students, Accidental injury, Willingness to rescue, Influencing factor