The suicidal patient from the point of view of a paramedic

This bachelor thesis on the topic: ''The suicidal patient from the point of view of a paramedic'' consists of two parts: first part is theoretical, the second part presents conducted research. The content of the theoretical part is an introduction to suicidal issues, namely the characteristics of suicide, an introduction to history and possible causes of suicidal behavior with a special focus on depression or schizophrenia, possible symptoms of suicidal behavior, suicide stages and types of execution, distribution of suicide by age, communication with a suicide patient and the work of medical rescue service at the scene of a suicidal patient's event. For the research section several aims were set. The first aim is to map what knowledge rescuers have on the suicide issues of their patients. Based on this aim, two research question is formulated as follows: ''How are suicide issues perceived and managed by rescuers in the pre-hospital emergency care?'' Second research question asks: ''What specifities does rerequire solving suicide issues druing pre-hospital emergency care provided by rescuers?'' In other to obtain the necessary data, a method of qualitative research was selected and conducted, consisting of semi-structured interviews with eight medical rescuers, of which four were professionally active at the South Bohemian Health Rescue Service, namely from the regional centres of České Budějovice, Jindřichův Hradec, Písek and four other medical rescuers professionally operating in the Vysočina region, specifically from Humpolec and Pelhřimov. Respondents answered a total of 20 questions, which were then divided into 10 categories. Research has confirmed existence of basic education standard about the problem of suicide, and that it is sufficient for proper conduct of the profession of medical rescue. However, there are some shortcomings in the education of rescuers who deals with a suicidal patient. As this is a very important knowledge gap, I consider it necessary to supplement education about the care of suicide patient