Knowledge of the younger schoolchildren about life emergency staets

The bachelor's thesis concerns the research of the knowledge of the younger school children about life-saving situations. A group of fourteen children visiting the second school class in the Prague West district was used as a sample. The goal of my thesis was to gain a picture about the knowledge of the eight years old children about urgent first aid as well as to give the children a quide how to act in the unfamiliar crisis situations. The thesis is divided into two parts. Theoretical part is divided into separate chapters. The beginning is devoted to an introduction into the topic of the urgent first aid, to present the components and function of the integrated rescue system and there are as well some statistics mentioned here. The second chapter deals with general procedures recomended when providing first aid. In the last chapter I describe particular selcted life-threatening situations and methods of first aid provision. In the empirical part the methodology and organization of the research is decribed. I have used a qualitative focus group method in connection with practical training of some urgent first aid techniques. Also the percentage and graphical evaluation of the research outcomes and goals is enclosed here. This part of the thesis is wrapped up by a discussion. Key words: life..