Level of First Aid knowledge among non-medical service members of Armed forces of the Czech Republic

Author: Pavla Mezírková Institution: Institute of social medicine Charles University in Prague, Medical faculty of Hrade Králové Department of nursing Title of thesis: Level of First Aid knowledge among non - medical service members of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic Consultant: Bc. Jan Krutiš Number of pages: 122 Number of appendices: 2 Year of defense: 2012 Key words: history of the First Aid and resuscitation, the First Aid, army service member, Individual First Aid kit Summary This bachelor's study is consisted of two parts. The first part is theoretical and incorporates history of the First Aid and resuscitation, structure and rules of the First Aid. In theoretical part are also described particularities of military training and courses for non- medical military personel. The center of gravity of this study is in empirical part, which was prepared based on quantitative research executed by questionairre method. Main goal of this researche was to assess theoretical knowledge of the First Aid procedures among non-medical military personel and their willingness to continue in additional education. Another goal of the researche is to specify eventual deficiency in current education system from the non-medical military personel point of view