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The aim of this thesis is to discover the level of theoretical knowledge of first aid with students of primary and secondary schools. I would like to also discover the efficiency of teaching the first aid at school so that the students can use the gained information in ther lives. I will find out the theoretical knowledge of first aid by using the quantitative research, questionaire. It is possible to propose the changes of teaching the first aid at schools based on gathered figures in order to teach the theoretical knowledge more effectively.

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Domestic robots developed to support human beings by performing daily tasks such as cleaning should also be able to help in emergencies by finding, analysing, and assisting persons in need of first aid. Here such a robot capable of performing some useful task related to first aid is referred to as a First Aid Mobile Robot (FAMR). One challenge which to the author's knowledge has not been solved is how such a FAMR can find a fallen person's pose within an environment, recognising locations of points of interest for first aid such as the mouth, nose, chin, chest and hands on a map. To overcome the challenge, a new approach is introduced based on leveraging a robot's capabilities (multiple sensors and mobility), called AHBL. AHBL comprises four steps: Anomaly detection, Human detection, Body part recognition, and Localisation on a map. It was broken down into four steps for modularity (e.g., a different way of detecting anomalies can be slipped in without changing the other modules) and because it was not clear which step is hardest to implement. As a result of evaluating AHBL, a FAMR developed for this work was able to find the pose of a fallen person (a mannequin) in a known environment with an average success rate of 83%, and an average localisation discrepancy of 1.47cm between estimated body part locations and ground truth. The presented approach can be adapted for use in other robots and contexts, and can act as a starting point toward designing systems for autonomous robotic first aid.

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of physical fitness on the metabolic and perceptual responses to chest compression-only (CCO) CPR. Methods: In a counterbalanced design, forty-seven CPR-certified participants were randomized to perform: 1) a fitness assessment in which muscular (e.g., push-ups = PU) and cardiorespiratory endurance (e.g., step test recovery heart rate = RHR) were determined, and 2) a 10-minute CCO-CPR trial in which the heart rate (HR) response and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were determined. Results: Both PU and RHR were significantly correlated to the HR response to CCO-CPR (r = - 0.45, p < 0.01; r = 0.54, p < 0.001). PU were significantly correlated to RPE: local muscular (r = - 0.43; p < 0.01), central (r = - 0.45; p < 0.01), and over-all (r = - 0.39; p < 0.01). Conclusions: Greater physical fitness lessens the metabolic and perceptual strain to CCO-CPR. / by Adam J. Berrones. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004-02-13Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:38:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 mendes_mcs_me_assis.pdf: 327150 bytes, checksum: b3bced17d6835388baaef5254ea50ebf (MD5) / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar a escuta no atendimento da recepção dos usuários num serviço de Saúde Mental Coletiva e sua repercussão nos projetos terapêuticos da instituição. Partiu-se da hipótese de que a forma como ocorre a escuta nesses primeiros contatos pode privilegiar ações assistenciais na perspectiva da Atenção Psicossocial, que visa a constituição de um paradigma substitutivo ao modelo psiquiátrico, ou ações que reforçam o paradigma psiquiátrico dominante. O estudo foi desenvolvido num programa de Saúde Mental que funciona no Centro de Saúde de um município do Estado de São Paulo com 30 mil habitantes, cujo atendimento inicial é denominado Pronto Atendimento. Chegamos à conceituação de duas modalidades de recepção na instituição: o Pronto Atendimento, como uma recepção burocrática, e a recepção-escuta, um modo de recepção em consonância com o paradigma da Atenção Psicossocial. Os dados foram colhidos por intermédio da recepção-escuta com um grupo de usuários no atendimento inicial da instituição, num período de dois meses, no plantão semanal da pesquisadora. Foram realizadas observações participantes sobre a interação desses modos de escuta inicial com a instituição e seus programas e com os profissionais da equipe. Levaram-se em conta, ainda, dados obtidos através da leitura de prontuários e dados fornecidos pelos próprios usuários através de entrevistas que revelaram a relação, destes usuários, com o tratamento a que foram encaminhados seis meses após a recepção-escuta... / This research was carried out to study attentiveness in the first-aid given to patients when they arrive at the first-aid reception room of a Public Mental Health Service and its effect on the therapeutic projects of that Service. We started from the hypothesis that the way such a care is given to patients at that first contact may favor assistance in the perspective of the Psychosocial Care which aims at the organization of a substitutive paradigm to replace the psychiatric model or actions which reinforce the prevailing psychiatric paradigm. The study at issue was carried out in the context of a Mental Health program of a Health Service in a county with 30 thousand people, and its first-aid care is called Pronto Atendimento. Two kinds of first-aid care were classified at that Health Service: first-aid care viewed as a bureaucratic promptness and the Attentive first-aid care, a way of attending to patients in accordance with the paradigm of the Psychosocial Care. The data of the research were collected by means of the attentive first-aid care given to a group of patients as they first arrived at the Service, along a two-month training practice while the researcher was on duty at that Service. Participant observation was also made broaching the interaction of such kinds of attentive first-aid care with the Service at issue and its programs, and also with the first-aid personnel team. One also took into consideration data collected by means of research into the Service record and the information provided by patients in interviews focusing on their relation to the treatment they had been given six months after the attentive first-aid care ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Human life is too precious to be lost. The rules of the first aid are not complicated. The knowledge of resuscitation is the basic principle of the first aid. You don't need only theoretical knowledge to do the right resuscitation. It is necessary to have a some practical experience. The experience of resuscitation is possible to get on a tutorial trainer manikin. This work considers a concept of system for analysing training of resuscitation by using computer. The first part of this thesis describes the right process of resuscitation by guidelines of European Resuscitation Council for Resuscitation 2005. The other part deals with possible ways of monitoring the correct procedure of instant resuscitation and the most common mistakes made by trainees during the training, are described in the following parts of this work. Component part of this thesis is summary of available resuscitation models. Last part is dedicated to the design of hardware and software for rating quality of resuscitation process. Resuscitation trainer manikin AmbuMAN from the company Ambu was also used. Among others contains "first aid" test as well.

The purpose of this study is to show the need for placing the teaching of accident prevention and first-aid into the curricula of all public schools of the State of Texas on a compulsory basis and to prescribe definite criteria for the work.

First aid is defined as a set of simple procedures that effectively reduce the extants or consequences of the threats to health or life. The first aid procedures are defined in the so- called Guidelines published by the European Resuscition Council (ERC) every five years. Even so, wrong procedures and myths are still present in the population. These could endanger peoples' health or cause death. In this diploma thesis, these incorrect procedures are called misconceptions. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the present misconceptions among general population and teachers in the Czech Republic, their dispersion and sources. The outcomes of this study are compared with results of the Czech Elementary school and Grammar school teachers determined by Zvěřinová (2018). Secondary aim is to analyze dissemination of misconceptions among the respondents from general public that had some first aid training in their life and to find out, if the extant of the training is relevant. Also, the level of first aid training at all levels of education is assessed. The research was realized by an online questionnaire. The main part of the questionnaire contains 10 case studies and the respondents decide on accuracy of the given solutions. The research sample consists of 1 046 respondents from three categories...

The University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona developed and implemented a procedure-specific Limitation of Medical Care (LMC) form on December 1, 1989 to address medical futility and lack of clarity in do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders. A retrospective review of two years of data, with 300 usable responses, showed an increased amount of participation by patients and their surrogates in the DNAR decision with the LMC form. Use of the form was also associated with an increased number of medical interventions specified to be withheld after a DNAR or LMC order was written. There was no decrease in expenditures or length of survival associated with use of the form, nor was there a decrease in the number of codes called for patients who had an order that resuscitation was not to be attempted. An average $13,347 of charges were accrued in the ICU for patients in the pre-form group, $4,314 on average being after a DNAR order was written. An average $21,957 of charges were accrued in the ICU for patients in the post-form group, $8,733 on average being after a DNAR order was written. An average $20,523 of total charges were accrued for patients in the pre-form group, $7,156 on average being after a DNAR order was written. An average $29,830 of total charges were accrued in the ICU for patients in the post-form group, $12,550 on average being after a DNAR order was written. Recommendations for the UMC Bioethics Committee and future research suggestions are presented.