Knowledge of general first aid for soldiers - members of the Engineer Battalion

Non-professional first aid knowledge is important not only for the person that is forced to provide it, but also, and to even larger extent for the affected person the first aid is provided to. The Army of the Czech Republic is a unit belonging to the Integrated Rescue System. The other units of the Integrated Rescue System provide planned assistance in rescue and liquidation works upon request. Professional soldiers ? members of the combat engineering forces are specialized in performance of special ground tasks by means of special combat-engineering technologies. In peacetime they perform tasks related to civil protection and help in the instances of natural disasters or in emergency situations of similar character. That means that within performance of their jobs professional soldiers ? members of combat engineering troops may meet a person that needs first aid. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to map the level of knowledge of non-professional first aid among professional soldiers ? combat engineers. A hypothesis assumes that professional soldiers ? members of combat engineering troops have sufficient knowledge of non-professional first aid. The bachelor thesis is based on the methodology of information collection from various sources and data collection performed in quantitative form, by the method of anonymous questioning employing open, semi-open and closed questions. The bachelor thesis might be used as study material in the issues in question, as a summary of new findings about the knowledge of non-professional first aid among professional soldiers ? members of combat engineering troops